見本|みほんmihon[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectivesample; specimen; pattern
   無料むりょうで見本みほんを配くばっています。↗

   They're giving away samples free.
2. no-adjectivemodel; example
   彼かれは登山家とざんかの良よい見本みほんだ。↗

   He is a fine type of mountain climber.

• Synonym標本ひょうほんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A specimen preserved or collected for study, or a statistical sample; 「見本」 is a sample shown to people or a role model.
• SynonymモデルNeutralLoanword for a physical model, a fashion model, or a product model number; 「見本」 is a sample or demonstration.
• SynonymサンプルNeutralEveryday loanword for a sample or free trial item, also a statistical sample; 「見本」 can also mean a role model.
• Synonym手本てほんNeutralA model to imitate, also a copybook or model drawing; 「見本」 also covers product samples.
• Synonym模範もはんWrittenWritten/formal prose. An exemplar worth emulating, fairly formal, as in 「模範解答」; 「見本」 is more colloquial.
• Related試料しりょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Material supplied for testing or inspection, e.g. a specimen in chemical analysis or physical testing; 「見本」 is a sample shown to people.
• Related例れいNeutralAn example, instance, or established custom; 「見本」 stresses a sample or model held up for people to refer to.
• Related好例こうれいWrittenWritten/formal prose. A fitting, good example, as in 「好例と言える」; 「見本」 centers on samples and demonstration.
• Related代表例だいひょうれいWrittenWritten/formal prose. The example that best represents its kind; 「見本」 also means a physical product sample.
• Antonym現物げんぶつNeutralThe opposite of 「見本」 on the sample-versus-real-goods axis: the actual goods delivered.
• Antonym実物じつぶつNeutralThe opposite of 「見本」 on the sample-versus-real-thing axis: the original, actual object.

「見本」 covers both product samples and role models. For research or statistical samples use 「標本」 or 「サンプル」, for test materials 「試料」, for a model to copy or a copybook 「手本」, and for a formal exemplar 「模範」. 「実物」 and 「現物」 mean the actual thing or goods, the opposite of a sample.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 商品しょうひんの質しつなどを知しらせるための品しな。サンプル。
2. 具体例ぐたいれい。