JLPT N4 · Noun

お土産 (omiyage)

お土産 (おみやげ, omiyage) is a Japanese noun meaning “local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling)”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おみやげ
Romaji: omiyage
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling) · noun · polite
present brought by a visitor · noun · polite
something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift; disservice · noun · polite

Example sentences

これは北海道からのお土産です。

This is a souvenir from Hokkaido.

Tatoeba #218090

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.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in お土産

soil, earth, groundド・ト・つち · 3 strokes

products, bear, give birthサン・う.む・う.まれる · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with お土産.

土曜日どようびSaturday土つちearth土産みやげlocal specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling土地とちplot of land土台どだいfoundation土手どてembankment土俵どひょう(wrestling) ring土木どぼくengineering works郷土きょうどnative place風土ふうどnatural features領土りょうどterritory生産せいさんproduction産業さんぎょうindustry財産ざいさんproperty

Source: JMdict entry 1002500 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.