おみやげ
Meanings
Noun
1. local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling) (Polite)
2. present brought by a visitor (Polite)
3. something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift; disservice (Polite)
Other spellings
お土産
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
おみやげ
Used in vocabulary
Examples12
これ
This is a souvenir from Hokkaido.
波風
A gift of cheesecake is apparently good to soothe discord.
これ
This is a little gift for you.
彼
He brought back several souvenirs.
お土産
I will pick up a little something for you.
お土産
Do you have enough time to buy enough things for souvenirs?