What does お土産 mean?
お土産 is a Japanese noun meaning “souvenir” in English. It can also be translated as “present brought by a visitor, something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation)” depending on context. It is written as お土産 in kanji, おみやげ in hiragana, and omiyage in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N4 vocabulary.
Example sentences
これは北海道からのお土産です。
This is a souvenir from Hokkaido.
波風を鎮めるにはチーズケーキのお土産が良いらしいですよ。
A gift of cheesecake is apparently good to soothe discord.