► 名詞
品 [(2)しな] meaning: item rank: 1
☆ あそこの店は品が揃っている ⇨ That store has a good selection of items
☆ これはほんの御礼の品です (おれい) ⇨ This is a small thank-you gift
☆ 食料品店で品不足が続いている ⇨ Merchandise shortages have been continuing at grocery stores
品 [ひん] [品が有る] meaning: class rank: 2
☆ 彼には言葉に出来ない品が有る ⇨ He has indescribable class (☛ Usually about people)
品 [ひん] [品が無い] meaning: class rank: 2
☆ 彼女はいつも品の無い服装をしている ⇨ She’s always dressed without class, looks trashy (☛ Usually about people)
品 [(2)しな] [coll] meaning: quality rank: 3
☆ これはそこら辺で売っているものとは品が違う ⇨ This item is at a different level of quality than regularly available stuff
► 接尾辞
品 [ひん] meaning: item rank: 2
☆ 不合格品は廃却される ⇨ The items that failed the inspection are discarded
☆ 展示品に触れないよう ⇨ Do not touch the exhibit items
More examples:
- この商品は性能は良いのに何故か人気が無い ⇨ This product has good performance, but somehow is not popular
- 調査に参加して下さった方には景品があります ⇨ There are (thank you) gifts for those who participate in the survey
- この製品は正に痒い所に手が届くと言うやつだ ⇨ This product is exactly what you call “reaches where it itches”. It is very effective
- 彼の品性を疑ってしまう ⇨ I question his character
- 厳しい品質検査 ⇨ Rigorous quality inspections
- 私は製品の在庫状況について店に問い合わせた ⇨ I inquired the store about the stock status of the product
- 私達の製品の売上げは競争相手を追い越した ⇨ The sales of our products have overtaken those of our competitor
- 彼には品位というものが全く無い ⇨ He has zero class
- この製品の取扱説明書はすごく不親切だ ⇨ The user manual of this product is very unfriendly to users, very hard to understand, not helpful at all
- 品質検査に手落ちがあった ⇨ There were mistakes, lapses, in the quality inspection
- 展示品に手を触れないように ⇨ Do not touch the exhibits
- 新製品はコストを抑えるように設計されている ⇨ The new product is designed to keep the cost down
- 新しく買ったコンピューターは不良品だった ⇨ The newly bought computer was defective
- 新製品の売上げは芳しく無い ⇨ The sales of the new product has not been very good
- 彼等の新製品は市場で大苦戦している (だいくせん) ⇨ Their new product is struggling mightily in the market