Illustration: In the entryway of a compact Japanese home, a resident carefully adjusts a small ceramic owl on top of the shoe cabinet. The owl sits on a little display mat beside a simple flower arrangement, with space around it that makes its ornamental role clear.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

置おき物もの

okimono

ornament, decorative object

Example sentences

  1. トムが、メアリーに小ちいさなリスの置物おきものをあげてたよ。

    Tom gave the small squirrel statue to Mary.

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  2. 一般家庭等いっぱんかていとうで置物おきものとして飾かざられる工芸品こうげいひんとしての他ほか、美術的価値びじゅつてきかちの高たかい品しなもある。

    As well as craftworks for display in ordinary households, there are also dolls which are extremely valuable artworks.

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

  3. また飾かざり紐ひもとしてだけでなく、ツルや船ふねなどの置物おきものや髪飾かみかざりとしても使用しようされる。

    It is also used not only as a decorative cord but as an ornament shaped like a crane or a boat, or as a hair accessory.

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

Kanji in 置物

  • 置placement; putOnチKunおく
  • 物thing; objectOnブツ・モツKunもの・もの-

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