代物|しろものshiromono[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounarticle; goods; product
    私の靴くつは2度どとはけないような代物しろものだ。↗
    My shoes won't bear wearing twice.
  2. nounfine thing; fellow; affair; stuffoft. used to appraise sth., esp. ironically
  3. nounprostitute
  4. nounprice; cost; money
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym品物しなものNeutralThe everyday, most common word for goods or items; neutral and objective, whereas 「代物」 usually carries a judgement, as in 「とんでもない代物」.
  • Synonym物品ぶっぴんWrittenWritten/formal prose term for articles or goods, leaning administrative and legal, as in 「物品税」.
  • SynonymしなNeutralNative Japanese word for an item, common in speech; also counts dishes, as in 「一品」.
  • Synonym物件ぶっけんNeutralAn article or thing, but nowadays mostly a real-estate listing, as in 「賃貸物件」; the property sense is the focus.

「代物」 covers things and goods, and is the choice when passing judgement on a person or affair — often derogatory or exclamatory, as in 「とんだ代物」. For neutral everyday reference use 「品物」, in written or legal prose 「物品」, and for real estate 「物件」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 売買ばいばいの対象たいしょうとなる物品ぶっぴんや商品しょうひん。
  2. 人ひとや物事ものごと、事柄ことがらなどを指さす。特とくに、ある人物じんぶつや事態じたいを評価ひょうかする言葉ことば。
  3. 金銭きんせんを受け取うけとって体からだを売うる女性じょせい。
  4. 物ものを買かうときに支払しはらう金額きんがく。
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