お土産

Meanings

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

Part of speech: noun

Kanji

• 土

  Meanings

  soil, earth, ground, Turkey

  On reading

  ド、ト

  Kun reading

  つち

  Strokes

  3

• 産

  Meanings

  products, bear, give birth, yield

  On reading

  サン

  Kun reading

  う.む、う.まれる、うぶ-、む.す

  Strokes

  11

Example sentences

• これは北海道からのお土産です。

  This is a souvenir from Hokkaido.

  Tatoeba #218090 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 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.

  Tatoeba #75500 · CC BY 2.0 FR