試供品

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 試供品, read しきょうひん, means a free sample supplied so someone can try a product.
• Basic usage: It is used for receiving a cosmetics sample at a store or deciding whether to buy after trying it.
  • 店頭で化粧品の試供品を受け取った。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Purpose compared with 試作品
  • 試供品 is distributed so consumers can try a product, while 試作品 is a prototype made during development to test its function or form.