🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ソフト商品

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sofuto shōhin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Soft-Goods/sɒft ɡʊdz/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"店にはさまざまなソフト商品があります。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Textiles and other pliable materials, especially those used for clothing, upholstery, and home furnishings.

    "The store specializes in soft goods like curtains and bed linens."
  2. 2

    Products made from soft materials, often contrasting with hard goods such as electronics or furniture.

    "During the sale, they offered discounts on all soft goods, including towels and blankets."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'soft goods' originated in the early 20th century, combining 'soft', from Old English 'softe', meaning yielding or gentle, and 'goods', from Old English 'gōd', referring to items of value. It evolved to describe textiles and other pliable materials used in various industries.

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