Illustration: At the end of a shift in a Japanese staff changing room, an employee packs her own thermos, knitted scarf, earphones and small family photograph into a familiar shoulder bag. Her open locker contains the matching empty spaces where these possessions were kept.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

私し物ぶつ

shibutsu

personal belongings

Example sentences

  1. 誰だれかに私物しぶつを盗ぬすまれた。

    Someone stole my belongings.

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  2. 洗面所せんめんじょには、私物しぶつを放置ほうちしないこと。

    Don’t leave your personal belongings in the washroom.

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  3. うちの会社かいしゃはフリーアドレス制せいなので、私物しぶつはデスクの上うえに置おいたままにしないで、退勤時たいきんじは必かならず自分じぶんのロッカーに片付かたづけるようにして下ください。

    Our office uses a hot-desking system, so please don’t leave personal belongings on your desk. Always put them away in your locker when you leave work.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 私物

  • 私private; IOnシKunわたくし・わたし
  • 物thing; objectOnブツ・モツKunもの・もの-

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