メジャーな商品

English translation: Vide infra

19:08 Dec 3, 2009
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Marketing / Market Research / Food
Japanese term or phrase: メジャーな商品
Does anyone have a good alternative to "major," which sounds awkward in this context, or "mainstream"? Do you think "big-name" or "popular" would work?

Thanks!
avaaid
Local time: 08:16
English translation:Vide infra
Explanation:
メジャーな商品"Major Product" is 主力商品 in another word, therefore:

bread-and-butter products
leader product
leading product
main staple
mainstay item
staple goods
staple merchandise
work horse
workhorse


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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-12-03 23:05:25 GMT)
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in other words, by the way
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TCN6YR
Japan
Local time: 23:16
Grading comment
I went with "leading product," but "popular," "top-selling," "key product," also would have worked. Thank you everyone for your input!
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Summary of answers provided
5popular product
Friedrich Reinold
5Vide infra
TCN6YR
3 +1mainstream product/item
cinefil
3I like "popular", but you can probably do "top selling" too.
Haruki Kira
3blockbuster product
Shinobi
3key products
Joyce A


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
I like "popular", but you can probably do "top selling" too.


Explanation:
"Top Selling" gives more sales oriented positioning.

Haruki Kira
United States
Local time: 07:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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Asker: Thank you, Haruki-san!

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
popular product


Explanation:
Please note this does not mean major! My Japanese wife just confirmed that is means "popular".

Friedrich Reinold
United States
Local time: 07:16
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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Asker: Thank you, Tom-san!

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Vide infra


Explanation:
メジャーな商品"Major Product" is 主力商品 in another word, therefore:

bread-and-butter products
leader product
leading product
main staple
mainstay item
staple goods
staple merchandise
work horse
workhorse


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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-12-03 23:05:25 GMT)
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in other words, by the way


    Reference: http://eow.alc.co.jp/%e4%b8%bb%e5%8a%9b%e5%95%86%e5%93%81/UT...
TCN6YR
Japan
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: Japanese
PRO pts in category: 2
Grading comment
I went with "leading product," but "popular," "top-selling," "key product," also would have worked. Thank you everyone for your input!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
blockbuster product


Explanation:
How about "blockbuster product"? If you search the web, you'll see this as a common term for a product that has done exceedingly well in the marketplace.

Shinobi
United States
Local time: 08:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mainstream product/item


Explanation:
mainstream
Definition
Products and services which are readily available to and appealing to the general public, as opposed to being of interest only to a very specific subset of the public.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/mainstream.html

cinefil
Japan
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mieko Hirai-Braun: mainstream, leading products sound good to me.
21 hrs
  -> ありがとうございます。
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
key products


Explanation:
It depends on the rest of your sentence but
the definition of major is: important, key, significant

I have often heard the expression "key products" in marketing. These are the important products (eg. important products in their line-up, or products that bring in the high profits, products that the company wishes to push at the time, etc.)

Example sentence(s):
  • Sell four key products for hunters' success
Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 21:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
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