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日用品
にちようひん
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daily necessities
Nichiyōhin is, by surface analysis, 日用 (nichiyō, “everyday use”) plus 品 (-hin, “item”).
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In a sentence
日用品の値段が上がった。
Daily commodities increased in price.
彼は贅沢品は言うまでもなく、日用品を買うのにも事欠く。
He cannot afford the common comforts of life, not to mention luxuries.
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What Wiktionary says
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- “By surface analysis, 日用(にちよう) (nichiyō, “everyday use”) + 品(ひん) (-hin, “item”).”
Source: Wiktionary: 日用品 (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.