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手荷物 (てにもつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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機き 内ない に 持も ち 込こ める 手て 荷に 物もつ は 一ひと つ だけ です 。
You may bring only one piece of carry-on baggage into the cabin.
Usage patterns 〈 手て 荷に 物もつ 〉 を 預よ ける to check in one's baggage
I checked in my luggage at the airport.
〈 手て 荷に 物もつ 〉 を 受う け 取と る to claim one's baggage
After arriving, I picked up my luggage.
〈 手て 荷に 物もつ 〉 が 届とど く for one's luggage to arrive
My luggage hasn't arrived yet.
〈 手て 荷に 物もつ 〉 を 持も つ to carry one's hand luggage
He was walking while carrying heavy hand luggage.
Kanji 荷 baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden) Related words 荷物 is the general word for baggage, parcels, or any load, while 手荷物 specifically means the luggage a traveler carries by hand.
Counted with 手荷物 is typically counted with 点 in airport and travel contexts, as in お手荷物は何点ですか (How many pieces of luggage do you have?).
手荷物 can also be counted with 個 for individual pieces of luggage, especially outside formal airline usage.
Shipping counter for parcels (2個口 = a shipment of two packages).
Etymology A transparent compound of 手, meaning 'hand,' and 荷物, meaning 'luggage' or 'baggage'; the spelling directly reflects luggage handled or carried by hand.
手て 荷に 物もつ 一いち 時じ 預あず かり 所しょ
short-term hand-luggage storage
