The use of loan words such as プレゼント are used much more just like カメラ is and
such. So should i just disregard [贈]{おく}り物 and focus my memory on something
else or do you know if [贈]{おく}り物 is still used and is important till this day?
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Do [贈]{おく}り物 and プレゼント mean the same thing?
I did a quick search for both headwords in two well-known corpora. The results
are below:

**BCCWJ: (Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese)**

  * 贈り物 668 entries

  * プレゼント 3268 entries

**Tsukuba Web Corpus**

  * 贈り物 5672 entries
  * プレゼント 21974 entries

It seems that プレゼント is indeed more common than 贈り物. Having said that, 贈り物
shouldn't be considered a rare word and it appears to be in regular use,
albeit less so than プレゼント. I would say that 贈り物 is probably a slightly more
formal word perhaps, and so might be preferred in writing or formal styles. I
wouldn't advise disregarding it as you may encounter it in some situations.
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