贈り物

おくりもの · okurimono · JLPT N4 · noun

gift

🎁 贈り物 = okuri (giving, sending) + mono (thing): a thing you give

贈る (okuru) means to give or present something to someone; 物 (mono) means thing. Join them and you get a giving-thing, i.e. a gift. The same mono ending appears in 食べ物 (tabemono, eating-thing = food) and 飲み物 (nomimono, drink).

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