産物|さんぶつsanbutsu[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounproduct; produce
    コーヒーはブラジルの主要しゅよう産物さんぶつである。↗
    Coffee is Brazil's main product.
  2. nounresult; fruit
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymプロダクトNeutralLoanword for commercial products, common in business contexts; 「産物」 also has a figurative use for what an era or environment gives rise to.
  • Synonym産品さんぴんNeutralRefers to products, often in compounds like 「地場産品」「農産品」. 「産物」 also has a figurative use for products of an era or environment.
  • Synonym生産物せいさんぶつWrittenWritten, formal term for goods turned out by factories or farms. 「産物」 is broader, also covering local specialties and figurative products of an environment.
  • Synonym生産品せいさんひんWrittenWritten, formal word for manufactured or farm-produced goods. 「産物」 is broader, also used for local specialties and figurative products of an environment.
  • Related所産しょさんWrittenFormal, written word for the product or result of some activity; close to the figurative sense of 「産物」.
  • Related成果せいかNeutralRefers to good results or achievements, as in 「研究成果」. 「産物」 is neutral and also covers local specialties, not necessarily positive outcomes.
  • Related収穫しゅうかくNeutralCenters on harvesting crops and the crop itself. 「産物」 denotes the things a place produces or the results of something.
  • Related結晶けっしょうNeutralFiguratively, the crystallization of long, devoted effort. 「産物」 is neutral and can refer to products of any kind, good or bad.
  • Related実りみのりNeutralRefers to crops ripening and being harvested. 「産物」 names the things a place produces or the result of an environment.
  • Related結実けつじつNeutralDenotes bearing fruit or efforts paying off — the process of coming to fruition. 「産物」 is the output itself, not the process.
  • Antonym原因げんいんNeutralAntonym on the cause-and-effect axis: the cause that brings about a result, where 「産物」 is the result produced.
  • Antonym根源こんげんNeutralAntonym on the cause-and-effect axis: the root or origin something springs from, the opposite end from 「産物」 as the outcome.

Use 「産物」 for what a place produces — local specialties — and figuratively for what an era or environment gives rise to, as in 「時代の産物」. For manufactured goods 「製品」 or 「プロダクト」 fits better; for good results of work choose 「成果」, for the fruit of long effort 「結晶」. 「原因」 and 「根源」 are the causes behind a result.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ある土地とちで作り出つくりだされたり、採とれたりする品物しなもの
  2. ある物事ものごとから生うまれたもの
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