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代物

Reading

Kana: しろもの
Romaji: shiromono
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Definition

1

thing; article; goods; fellow; affair; stuff

Kanji

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter

Example Sentences

その中古(ちゅうこ)冷蔵庫(れいぞうこ)はひどい代物(しろもの)だった。
➥That used refrigerator was a real dog.
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(かれ)(いえ)(いま)にもつぶれそうなしろものだ。
➥His house is a tumbledown affair.
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(わたし)(くつ)は2()とはけないような代物(しろもの)だ。
➥My shoes won't bear wearing twice.
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この英語(えいご)問題(もんだい)はとてもやさしいしろものではない。
➥This question in English is anything but easy.
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