しろもの

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しろもの – see the following entries.
【代物】
[noun] product, goods, merchandise, commodity, something for sale
[noun] (by extension, archaic) prostitute
[noun] (archaic) price, cost
[noun] (by extension, archaic) money
[noun] fine thing, fine fellow (used to acknowledge value, often sarcastically)
Alternative spelling
シロモノ
【白物】
[noun] something white
[noun] (abbreviation) white goods, large household appliances
[noun] mineral oil
[noun] (archaic, nyōbō kotoba) salt, tofu, white sake
(This term, しろもの (shiromono), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
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