Word details

土産

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 土産.

Dictionary

Entry

土産やげNounFreq #10221
1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling

Examples
これは友人への土産です。
These are gifts for my friends.
2

present brought by a visitor

3

Usu. お土産

something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift; disservice

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

soil, earth, ground, Turkey

3 strokesFrequency 307JLPT N4Grade 1

On

Kun

つち

Nanori

つくひじ

products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property

11 strokesFrequency 161JLPT N3Grade 4

On

サン

Kun

う.むう.まれるうぶ-む.す

Nanori

もと

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