Kana: しなもの
Kanji: 品物
Romaji: shinamono

Type: Noun
Meaning: goods, article, thing
JLPT level: N4

Example sentences:

お金を払えない人たちに、どうしていつまでも品物を売るの？
okane o haraenai hitotachi ni, doushite itsu made mo shinamono o uru no.
If you know they can’t pay, why do you keep on selling them stuff?

私は店に出て、客の相手をした。品物を出して、だれかが鉛筆を取り出す前に足し算を暗算でやったんです。
ưatashi wa mise ni dete, kyaku no aite o shita. shinamono o dashite, dareka ga enpitsu o toridasu mae ni tashizan o anzan de yattan desu.
When I came to work I waited on customer. I rolled out the material and I added it up before anybody picked up a pencil.

姉のために、いろいろ買う品物を捜して、あちらこちらまわっていました。
ane no tame ni, iroiro kau shinamono o sagashite, achira kochira mawatte imashita.
I had a kind of roving commission to purchase things for my sister.

カンバン方式で品物やサービスを提供し、それがもたらす生活水準の向上を享受するほうを望む。
kanban houshiki de shinamono ya saabisu o teikyou shi, sore ga motarasu seikatsu suijun no koujou o kyouju suru hou o nozomu.
They want to make just-in-time deliveries of goods and services—and enjoy the rising standards of living that come with that.

わたしが買った品物はどうなるの？
What about the things I bought?
watashi ga katta shinamono wa dou naru no.

トクマは自分の品物の値段をとても正確に知っています。
Tokuma knows the value of his stuff pretty accurately.
tokuma wa jibun no shinamono no nedan o totemo seikaku ni shitte imasu.

土産屋が開いていて、棚には品物が並んでいる。
A souvenir shop is open. Merchandise is lining the shelves.
miyageya ga aite ite, tana ni wa shinamono ga narande iru.

ヒデアキは疑わしそうにミナトを見つめ、それからミナトが持ってきた品物を見つめた。
Hideaki looked at Minato doubtfully, and then at the stuff Minato had brought along with him.
hideaki wa utagawashisou ni minato o mitsume, sore kara minato ga motte kita shinamono o mitsumeta.

Meaning in other languages:

Chinese: 商品 (shāngpǐn)
Korean: 물품 (mulpum)
In French: marchandise
In Spanish: mercancía
In German: Ware
In Italian: merce