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不良品 (furyouhin) Japanese meaning: defective product | Kotomora
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Can I get this defective product exchanged?
The factory is making efforts to reduce the rate of defective products.
Usage patterns 不ふ 良りょう 品ひん が 出で る for defective items to turn up/be produced
Defective items occasionally come out of this factory.
不ふ 良りょう 品ひん を 交こう 換かん する to exchange a defective product
I had the defective product exchanged for a new one.
不良品ふりょうひん を 返品へんぴん する to return a defective product
The shoes that arrived were defective, so I returned them.
不ふ 良りょう 品ひん を 回かい 収しゅう する to recall defective products
The manufacturer recalled all the defective products.
Kanji 品 goods, refinement, dignity Related words 欠陥品 specifically points to a defect that may cause a safety hazard or serious malfunction, while 不良品 is the broader term for any item that fails quality standards.
粗悪品 carries a moral judgment about shoddy materials or workmanship, whereas 不良品 is a neutral, technical term for goods that failed inspection.
Etymology Compound of 不良 (ふりょう, 'bad, defective') + 品 (ひん, 'goods, article'). The word follows a standard Sino-Japanese compounding pattern.
