imitation goods; fake goods; counterfeit products
Refers to items made to look like genuine products, often with intent to deceive. Can range from cheap knockoffs to high-quality replicas.
Brand-name imitations were being sold at the market.
This bag is not genuine; it's a fake.
模造品 is a formal term for a manufactured imitation or replica, often implying reproduction for sale, while ダミー is a casual loanword for a non-functional stand-in used for testing or display.
模造品 emphasizes an imitation made to look like the real thing (sometimes with a hint of cheapness), whereas レプリカ stresses careful, faithful reproduction.
miniature stone replicas of tools, mirrors, effigies, weapons, etc. used in Kofun-period burials and rituals
模造 (imitation, copying) + 品 (goods, article). 模造 is composed of 模 (model, pattern) and 造 (make, build).