also: やすもん
noun
cheap item; low-quality goods
Refers to something inexpensive and often of poor quality. Can be used neutrally or with a negative connotation depending on context.
安物を買うとすぐに壊れることがある。
Cheap items sometimes break right away.
彼は安物の服ばかり着ている。
He always wears cheap clothes.
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and common vocabulary.
Search-only form; not a standard written variant.
Colloquial kana spelling reflecting the やすもん reading; common in informal contexts.
Compound of 安 (yasu, 'cheap') and 物 (mono, 'thing'). The colloquial reading やすもん is a common sound shift.