品しな

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

noun

article; item; goods

General term for a tangible item, product, or piece of merchandise. Often used in commercial or everyday contexts.

この店みせはいい品しなをそろえている。
This shop carries good articles.
お買かい得どくの品しながたくさんあります。
There are many bargain items.

noun

quality

Refers to the inherent quality or grade of something, often in contrast to quantity or price.

値ね段だんより品しなが大だい事じだ。
Quality is more important than price.
この生き地じは品しながいい。
This fabric is of good quality.

noun

coquetry; flirtatiousness

usually written using kana alone

Almost exclusively used in the set phrase 科を作る (しなをつくる), meaning to act coquettishly or put on a flirtatious manner. Usually written in kana.

Usage patterns

品しながいいto be of good quality/refined
このスーツは品しながいい。
This suit is of fine quality.
品しなを切きらすto run out of stock (of an item)
人にん気きの品しなを切きらしてしまった。
We ran out of stock of the popular item.
〈物もの〉の品しなを選えらぶto choose an item (of a certain kind)
母ははへのプレゼントの品しなを選えらんだ。
I chose the gift item for my mother.
高こう級きゅうな品しなa high-class/high-quality item
店みせには高こう級きゅうな品しなが並ならんでいた。
High-end items were lined up in the store.

Expressions

思おもい出での品しなkeepsake; memento; memorabilia
手てを変かえ品しなを変かえby all possible means; by hook or by crook
所ところ変かわれば品しな変かわるso many countries, so many customs

Kanji

品goods, refinement, dignity
科department, course, section
階storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building

Related words· 7

商しょう品ひんN3sense 1
商品 is the formal commercial term for merchandise sold in a store, while 品 is the everyday, general word for an item or article.
品ひん質しつN2sense 2
品質 is the technical, often industrial term for quality (as in quality control), while 品 is a looser, everyday way to talk about how good something is.
物ものN5sense 1
物 is the broadest, most generic word for a thing, whereas 品 specifically suggests a discrete item or piece of goods.
質しつN3sense 2
質 is a slightly more abstract word for quality or character, while 品 leans toward the perceived grade or class of a tangible thing.

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一いっ品ぴん
品 is a general word for goods or items, while 一品 stresses a single, specific item or piece.
品ひん目もく
品 is a plain, everyday word for an item or article, whereas 品目 is the formal term used when classifying items into categories, as in trade or tax documents.
品しな物ものN4
品 is a slightly more literary or terse way to say 'item/goods', often used in set phrases, while 品物 is the everyday word for the same idea.

Don't confuse with

品ひんN2
品 read ひん is the Sino-Japanese reading used in compounds and set phrases like 商品 or 品がある, while 品 read しな is the native Japanese reading used as a standalone word meaning 'goods' or 'quality', as in 品定め.

Counted with

品ひんN2
Used to count items such as goods or dishes on a menu.

Word family· 21

品しな物ものN4
article; item; goods
品しな薄うす
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods; in short supply
品しな切ぎれN3
out of stock; sold out
手て品じなN3
magic trick; sleight of hand; conjuring
品しな々じな
various articles; various items · various kinds

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品しな書がき
menu; catalog; inventory list
品しな定さだめ
evaluation; appraisal; assessment
品しな数かず
variety of goods; number of items
品しな揃ぞろえ
assortment; product lineup; range of goods
粗そ品しな
small gift; token of appreciation · inferior goods; low-quality article
品しな代だい
bill for goods; charge for an item
品しな形かたち
quality and shape; appearance and nature
品しな柄がら
quality; grade; nature
品しな玉だま
juggling with multiple items; tossing and catching performance · sleight of hand; magic trick
品しな部べ
group of court workers (Yamato period) · craftsmen and artisans under the ritsuryō system
品しな不ぶ足そく
shortage of goods; scarcity of stock
品しな出だし
stocking shelves; shelf stocking · stock person; shelf stocker
品しな分わけ
assortment; sorting; classification
品しな文も字じ
triangular pattern; arrangement in a triangle

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Written forms

品しなUsage96%
Standard kanji for 'article', 'goods', and 'quality'. Preferred spelling for senses 1 and 2.
しなUsage4%
Kana spelling is usual for the 'coquetry' sense.
科しな
Specialized kanji for 'coquetry' or 'flirtatiousness', mostly in the phrase 科を作る.
階しな
out-dated kanji form

Etymology

The historical derivation is uncertain. The kanji 品 is conventionally associated with 'goods' and 'quality', while 科 is used in the specialized sense of 'coquetry'.