配り物|くばりものkubarimono

1. nounpresent; gift

• Related引き出物ひきでものNeutralA return gift the host gives guests at weddings and memorial services; the emphasis is on the ceremonial occasion, while 「配り物」 stresses gifts handed out to many people.
• Related頂き物いただきものNeutralA gift you have received; a humble term said from the receiver's side, unlike 「配り物」, which is what you give out.
• Relatedもらい物もらいものNeutralA gift received from others, also from the receiver's side, but colloquial and less polite than 「頂き物」.
• Related頂戴物ちょうだいものWrittenA gift one has received; carries a stronger honorific tone than 「頂き物」 and belongs to written or formal prose.
• RelatedおもたせNeutralA gift a visitor has brought; the host says 「お持たせですが」 when serving it back to that guest. 「配り物」, by contrast, is what you hand out to others.

Use 「配り物」 for small gifts or giveaways handed out to many people. For a wedding return gift say 「引き出物」, for a gift you have received 「頂き物」, and for a present a guest brings 「お持たせ」.

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1. 人ひとに贈おくって喜よろこばれるように、用意よういした品物しなもの。