日用品（にちようひん、nichiyouhin）
- daily necessities

The Japanese word 日用品 （にちようひん) refers to everyday necessities or daily necessities. These are items that people use regularly in their daily lives. They are essential for hygiene, household tasks, and general comfort.

⚫︎ 洗剤と石鹸は日用品です。 Translation: Detergents and soap are daily necessities. ⚫︎ 歯ブラシを日用品コーナーで見つけました。 Translation: I found a toothbrush in the daily necessities section. ⚫︎ 食料品と日用品をまとめて買い物しました。 Translation: I shopped for groceries and daily necessities together.

You use 日用品 when discussing or listing items that are commonly used in daily life. You can use it when talking about shopping, organizing your home, or describing the contents of a household. It's often used in stores to indicate a specific section of products.

日用品 is typically written in kanji and hiragana: 日用品. The reading is にちようひん. There are no other common ways to write this word. The okurigana is standard.

⚫︎ 生活必需品 (せいかつひつじゅひん) - Essentials of daily life. ⚫︎ 生活雑貨 (せいかつざっか) - Household goods/miscellaneous goods. ⚫︎ 消耗品 (しょうもうひん) - Consumables.

There aren't direct antonyms, but you could consider items that aren't necessary for daily life, such as luxury goods or non-essential items.

このお店はたくさんの日用品を扱っています。 ・Translation: This store carries a lot of daily necessities. ・Explanation: This sentence describes a store's selection of commonly used household items.

旅行に日用品を忘れずに持っていきましょう。 ・Translation: Let's not forget to bring our daily necessities when traveling. ・Explanation: This sentence is an instruction to prepare the things you need for everyday life while traveling.

The word 日用品 is a compound word. 日 (nichi) means "day" or "daily," and 用品 (youhin) means "goods" or "articles." Therefore, 日用品 literally means "daily goods" or "daily articles," aptly describing its meaning.