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Goods, Product, Item

しな (shina)

JLPT N4

Interesting Fact

📦 Japan has a saying that customers should feel happy before they even see the product. That's why gifts are often wrapped so beautifully that opening them becomes part of the experience. A luxury melon, a box of sweets, or even a simple souvenir may have several layers of careful packaging. In Japan, the product isn't just what's inside—the presentation is part of its value. That's one reason 品 is also associated with refinement and quality.

Memory Trick

Look at 品. Three cardboard boxes filled with goods stacked together.

Readings

Onyomi: ヒン (hin), ホン (hon)

Kunyomi: しな (shina)

Example Words

商品
しょうひん (shouhin)
Product, merchandise
食品
しょくひん (shokuhin)
Food products
作品
さくひん (sakuhin)
Work, creation
用品
ようひん (youhin)
Supplies

Example Sentence

この 商品は 人気が あります。

この しょうひんは にんきが あります。

kono shouhin wa ninki ga arimasu

This product is popular.

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