骨董品(こっとうひん)

Etymology

骨董(こっとう) originally meant an assortment of miscellaneous old things, and 品(ひん) means goods or articles. The full form 骨董品(こっとうひん) is the ordinary word; bare 骨董(こっとう) appears mainly in compounds and shop names.

Common collocations

• 骨董品(こっとうひん)店(てん) / 骨董品(こっとうひん)屋(や): an antique shop
• 骨董品(こっとうひん)を集(あつ)める: to collect antiques
• 骨董品(こっとうひん)市(いち): an antique market or fair
• 骨董品(こっとうひん)の鑑定(かんてい): appraisal of an antique

Similar words

• アンティーク: the loanword, used mostly of Western pieces and of shop styling; 骨董品(こっとうひん) carries a more Japanese and more traditional flavour
• 古美術(こびじゅつ): old art objects specifically, a narrower and more scholarly term
• 古物(こぶつ): secondhand goods in the legal and trade sense, with no implication of value
• 年代物(ねんだいもの): something old enough to be worth remarking on — used lightly, and of things like wine or a well-worn jacket as well as collectibles