Word details
お土産
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word お土産.
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Entry
1
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling)
Examples
これは北海道からのお土産です。
This is a souvenir from Hokkaido.
2
present brought by a visitor
Examples
波風を鎮めるにはチーズケーキのお土産が良いらしいですよ。
A gift of cheesecake is apparently good to soothe discord.
3
something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift; disservice
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