シロモノ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of シロモノ – see the following entry.
代物しろもの
[noun] product, goods, merchandise, commodity, something for sale
[noun] (by extension, archaic) prostitute
[noun] (archaic) price, cost
[noun] (by extension, archaic) money
[noun] fine thing, fine fellow (used to acknowledge value, often sarcastically)
(This term, シロモノ (shiromono), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)