Explore Words Kanji Grammar Guides

Copyright © 2026 Kotomora. All Rights Reserved.

Get the Kotomora apps for iOS and Android.

Explore Words Kanji Grammar Guides About Support Privacy

Copyright © 2026 Kotomora. All Rights Reserved.

品切れ (しなぎれ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

品しな切ぎれ

し

な

ぎ

れ

Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

out of stock; sold out

Used for goods that a shop or supplier currently cannot provide because none remain. Often appears as 品切れです, 品切れになる, or 品切れの商品.

その本ほんは今いま、品しな切ぎれです。

That book is currently out of stock.

人にん気き商しょう品ひんなので、すぐに品しな切ぎれになった。

Because it was a popular item, it quickly sold out.

品しな切ぎれの商しょう品ひんは予よ約やくできますか。

Can I reserve items that are out of stock?

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が品しな切ぎれになるfor an item to become out of stock
人にん気きのケーキはすぐに品しな切ぎれになった。
The popular cake quickly sold out.
品しな切ぎれの〈物もの〉an item that is out of stock
品しな切ぎれの商しょう品ひんは予よ約やくできます。
You can reserve items that are out of stock.
品しな切ぎれ中ちゅうcurrently out of stock
このアイテムは現げん在ざい品しな切ぎれ中ちゅうです。
This item is currently out of stock.

Kanji

品goods, refinement, dignity
切cut, cutoff, be sharp

Related words

売うり切きれN3
売り切れ implies the goods have literally been sold out by customers, while 品切れ is broader and can also mean unavailable due to supply issues.
在ざい庫こ切ぎれ
在庫切れ is the inventory-management term for stock being depleted, while 品切れ is the everyday word customers see in shops or online.
欠けっ品ぴん
欠品 is a business term for an item missing from a delivery or order, whereas 品切れ simply means a product is unavailable in stock.
絶ぜっ版ぱんN1
品切れ describes an item being temporarily out of stock, while 絶版 means the publisher has permanently stopped printing the book.
完かん売ばい
品切れ usually means an item is temporarily out of stock and may be restocked, whereas 完売 implies all units were sold and typically won't be replenished.

Opposites

在ざい庫こN1
在庫 means goods are available in stock, while 品切れ means those goods have run out and are unavailable.

Don't confuse with

品しな薄うす
品切れ means an item is completely sold out, while 品薄 means stock is merely low but not necessarily exhausted.

Built from

品しな+切きれる

Etymology

A transparent compound of 品, meaning goods or merchandise, and 切れ, meaning running out or being exhausted; together it refers to merchandise being out of stock.