産さん物ぶつ

さ

ん

ぶ

つ

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

product; produce

Refers to goods or items produced, especially agricultural or natural products. Often used in compounds like 農産物 (agricultural products).

この地ち域いきの主おもな産さん物ぶつは米こめと

野や

菜さい

です

。

The main products of this region are rice and vegetables.

海かい産さん物ぶつを市いち場ばで買かった。

I bought marine products at the market.

2

noun

result; fruit; outcome

Metaphorical extension: something that arises as a consequence or outcome, often of an era, environment, or effort. Common in phrases like 時代の産物 (product of the times).

この習しゅう慣かんは長ながい歴れき史しの産さん物ぶつだ。
This custom is the fruit of a long history.
その発はつ明めいは戦せん争そうの産さん物ぶつだった。
That invention was a product of the war.

Usage patterns

〈時とき〉の産さん物ぶつa product/result of a particular era or period
この作さく品ひんは戦せん後ごの混こん乱らんした時じ代だいの産さん物ぶつだ。
This work is a product of the chaotic postwar era.
〈事こと〉の産さん物ぶつthe fruit/outcome of long effort, experience, etc.
この技ぎ術じゅつは長なが年ねんの研けん究きゅうの産さん物ぶつです。
This technology is the fruit of many years of research.
〈場ば所しょ〉の産さん物ぶつa product characteristic of a particular region
リンゴはこの地ち方ほうの代だい表ひょう的てきな産さん物ぶつだ。
Apples are a representative product of this region.

Kanji

産products, bear, give birth
物thing, object, matter

Related words· 7

製せい品ひんN4sense 1
製品 means manufactured or industrial goods, while 産物 more often refers to natural or agricultural produce, or a metaphorical outcome.
賜たま物もの sense 2
賜物 carries a positive nuance of a hard-won gift or blessing, while 産物 is more neutral and can describe any outcome, good or bad.
作さく物もつN2sense 1
作物 specifically means crops or farm produce, whereas 産物 is broader and can cover any kind of product, natural resource, or result.
結けっ果かN3sense 2
結果 is a general, neutral word for any result or consequence, while 産物 specifically frames that result as something 'produced' by an era, environment, or effort.

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副ふく産さん物ぶつ
産物 means 'product' or 'result' in a general sense, while 副産物 specifically denotes a secondary product arising alongside a main one.
物ぶっ産さん
産物 can refer to any output of a process (including abstract results), while 物産 is used specifically for tangible regional goods and produce.
結けっ晶しょうN1
産物 is a more neutral term for something produced or resulting from a process, while 結晶 carries a stronger sense of beauty or preciousness.

Don't confuse with

生せい産さん物ぶつ sense 1
生産物 is a technical/economic term for the output of production (e.g. factory goods), while 産物 is a broader, more literary word that also covers natural produce and metaphorical outcomes.

Word family· 10

農のう産さん物ぶつN2
agricultural produce; farm products
副ふく産さん物ぶつ
by-product · spin-off; outgrowth; side effect; consequence
水すい産さん物ぶつ
marine products; fishery products; aquatic products

Etymology

Compound of 産 (san, 'produce, give birth') and 物 (butsu, 'thing'). The kanji combination directly conveys 'thing produced'.

主しゅ産さん物ぶつ

main product; primary product

原げん産さん物ぶつ

primary product

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天てん産さん物ぶつ
natural products
生せい産さん物ぶつ
product; produce
鉱こう産さん物ぶつ
mineral product; minerals
陸りく産さん物ぶつ
land products; terrestrial products
遺い伝でん子し産さん物ぶつ
gene product