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品目 (ひんもく, hinmoku) Japanese meaning: item | Kotomora

品ひん目もく

also: しなめ

ひ

ん

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く

Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

item; article; commodity

Used in official, commercial, or statistical contexts for a specific type of item, product, or article, often in lists or classifications.

この調ちょう査さでは、主

しゅ

要よう

な

品ひん

目もく

ごと

に

価か

格かく

を

比ひ

較かく

し

て

い

ます

。

This survey compares prices by major item categories.

輸ゆ入にゅう品ひん目もくのリストを確かく認にんしてください。

Please check the list of imported articles.

Usage patterns

〈数かず〉品ひん目もくにわたるspanning ... kinds of items
このスーパーは3000品ひん目もくにわたる商しょう品ひんを扱あつかっている。
This supermarket carries products spanning 3,000 different item types.
品ひん目もくを増ふやす／減へらすto increase/decrease the number of item types
新あたらしい店みせでは取とり扱あつかい品ひん目もくを増ふやした。
The new store increased the number of item types it carries.
品ひん目もく別べつに分ぶん類るいするto classify by item type
輸ゆ入にゅう品ひんを品ひん目もく別べつに分ぶん類るいして記き録ろくする。
The imported goods are classified and recorded by item type.

Kanji

品goods, refinement, dignity
目eye, class, look

Related words

商しょう品ひんN3
商品 refers broadly to goods or merchandise for sale, while 品目 highlights a specific category or type of item, often as it appears in official lists or statistics.
品しなN3
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.
種しゅ目もくN1
種目 usually labels a category or event type (e.g. a sports event or tax bracket), while 品目 specifically labels a category of goods or products.
項こう目もくN3
項目 is a general word for an entry or item in any list or document, while 品目 is used specifically for types of goods or commodities.
品ひん種しゅN2
品目 names an item or category in a list of goods (as in trade or inventory), whereas 品種 refers to the variety or breed itself.

Don't confuse with

品しな数かず
品目 refers to the types or categories of items, while 品数 refers to the total quantity or number of items.
品ひん名めいN1
品目 refers to a category or type of item (as in a list of goods), while 品名 refers specifically to the actual name given to a single product.

Word family

営えい業ぎょう品ひん目もく
business items; line of business; services offered

Written forms

品目Usage100%
- ひんもく
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading ひんもく is the modern common reading.
- しなめ
  Rare alternate reading; learners should use ひんもく.
しなめ

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound of 品 “article, class of goods” and 目 “category, heading,” denoting an individually classified item or category of goods.