Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 2,000 Conjugation 携帯する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 携けい 帯たい する 携けい 帯たい しない Polite 携けい 帯たい します 携けい 帯たい しません Past polite 携けい 帯たい しました 携けい 帯たい しませんでした Past 携けい 帯たい した 携けい 帯たい しなかった Te-form 携けい 帯たい して 携けい 帯たい しないで Desire 携けい 帯たい したい 携けい 帯たい したくない Potential 携けい 帯たい できる 携けい 帯たい できない Passive 携けい 帯たい される 携けい 帯たい されない Causative 携けい 帯たい させる 携けい 帯たい させない Causative passive 携けい 帯たい させられる 携けい 帯たい させられない Volitional 携けい 帯たい しよう Polite volitional 携けい 帯たい しましょう Imperative 携けい 帯たい しろ 携けい 帯たい するな Conditional 携けい 帯たい すれば 携けい 帯たい しなければ Tara conditional 携けい 帯たい したら 携けい 帯たい しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 携けい 帯たい する to carry something on one's person
Always carry a map with you when hiking.
携けい 帯たい を 忘わす れる to forget one's mobile phone (leave it behind)
I forgot my phone at home.
携けい 帯たい が 鳴な る for one's mobile phone to ring
My phone rang during the meeting and it was embarrassing.
携けい 帯たい の 電でん 源げん を 切き る to turn off one's mobile phone
Please turn off your phone in the movie theater.
携けい 帯たい で 〈 相あい 手て 〉 に 電でん 話わ する to call someone using a mobile phone
I called my friend on my mobile phone.
Kanji 携 portable, carry (in hand), armed with Related words· 12 携帯電話 is the full, formal term for a mobile phone, while 携帯 is the everyday shortened form used in casual speech.
持参 is a more formal verb meaning to bring something along, while 携帯 emphasizes carrying something on one's person, often for use or protection.
スマホ specifically means a smartphone, whereas 携帯 can refer to any mobile phone, including older feature phones.
携帯 is the native Japanese word for 'portable', more formal and used in compounds like 携帯電話 , while ポータブル is a casual loanword typically used for electronics and gadgets.
Show 8 more Show fewer 携帯 broadly means carrying something with you (or casually 'mobile phone'), while 携帯用 specifically modifies another noun to mean 'designed for portable use'.
携帯 is a native Japanese word for 'portable' most often tied to phones, while モバイル is the broader English loanword covering any mobile technology or device.
携帯 emphasizes carrying something on one's person or its portability, while 手持ち focuses on what one currently has or holds at the moment.
携帯 typically refers to carrying small personal items or electronic devices, while 携行 is broader and more formal, covering any item carried for a purpose.
携帯する is a more formal, written-style word for keeping something on one's person, while 持ち歩く is the everyday spoken word for physically carrying it as you go about.
携帯 simply means 'portable' or 'carrying something with you', while 必携 adds the stronger sense that carrying it is indispensable.
携帯 stresses the act of carrying something with you as you move, while 所持 is a broader, more formal term for possession that doesn't necessarily imply movement.
携帯する means 'to carry on one's person' (like a phone or ID), a more formal and static notion than 持ち運ぶ , which stresses the act of moving with the object.
Word family· 23 portable; mobile; for carrying
mobile phone; cell phone
not carrying; not having on one's person; nonpossession
personal effects; hand baggage
portable; handheld
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portable
cell phone novel; mobile phone novel
mobile phone number; cell phone number
portable terminal; mobile device; handset
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Etymology From 携 (carry) + 帯 (belt/obi), originally meaning 'to carry on one's person'. The 'mobile phone' sense is a 20th-century abbreviation of 携帯電話 .
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