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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

The everyday word for bags, suitcases, parcels, or other things being carried, sent, or stored.

See also: お荷物

Related words· 7

手荷物 refers specifically to luggage you carry by hand, like carry-on bags, while 荷物 covers any baggage or parcel in general.

小包 is a small parcel sent by post, a narrower idea than the general word 荷物 for any piece of luggage or baggage.

お荷物 is the stronger, more idiomatic word for a person or thing that is a burden, while 荷物 can express the same figurative sense more plainly.

荷物 refers to personal luggage or a package someone carries, while 貨物 refers to commercial freight shipped in bulk by truck, ship, or plane.

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荷にN1
荷物 is the everyday word for luggage, packages, or baggage, while 荷 is more often used in compounds or in abstract, collective senses of cargo.
持もち物ものN3
荷物 emphasizes the physical load or luggage being carried, while 持ち物 focuses more broadly on items one has or owns.
包つつみN3
包み is a wrapped bundle, whereas 荷物 is the broader term for luggage or baggage that need not be wrapped.

Don't confuse with

貨物 and 荷物 share the kanji 貨/荷 for goods, but 貨物 means commercial freight or cargo while 荷物 is the everyday word for personal luggage or packages.

荷物 refers to luggage or baggage being carried or shipped, while 品物 refers to the goods or articles themselves, regardless of transport.

荷物 shares the kanji 荷 with 負荷 but means luggage or cargo, not a load or stress in the physical/technical sense.

Counted with

For items in a collection, inventory, or exhibition — works, goods, pieces of luggage.

Used to count 荷物 (nimotsu) as individual packages or parcels, e.g. for shipping.

The native all-purpose counter (一つ, 二つ) — natural for anything without a specific counter, up to ten.