Illustration: At a Japanese apartment's entryway, a person finishes getting ready beside a shallow tray containing a wristwatch, hair clip, compact mirror, coin purse, and key case. Their coat hangs ready on a wall hook and their shoes wait below, while they search the little collection for the final accessory.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

小こ物もの

komono

accessories, small items

Example sentences

  1. 帯締おびじめは、女性じょせいの和服わふくの着付きつけでしか使つかわない小物こものである。

    The obijime is an accessory used only when women wear Japanese traditional clothing.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 小物こものの色いろも同様どうように、慶事けいじのときは白しろ、弔事ちょうじのときは黒くろにする。

    Also accessories should be white for auspicious occasions and black for funeral services.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 人ひとではなく、コンピュータなどの保守用部品ほしゅようぶひん、データメディアなど、近距離きんきょりの小物こものの輸送ゆそうを引ひき受うけているタクシー事業者じぎょうしゃもある。

    There are some taxi companies that take on transportation of not only people but small items for a short distance, such as maintenance parts and data media for computers.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 小物

  • 小little; smallOnショウKunちいさい・こ-・お-
  • 物thing; objectOnブツ・モツKunもの・もの-

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