How to say "luggage" in Japanese

• 荷物にもつJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounThe common, all-purpose word: your bags when traveling, and also a package or parcel. For luggage in ordinary contexts, this is the usual choice.
  彼かれは前まえもって荷物にもつを送おくった。↗

  He sent his luggage in advance.
• ラゲッジ
  nounA loanword from English. In most conversation 荷物 is the natural choice; you are most likely to meet ラゲッジ in travel settings such as airports.
• お荷物おにもつ
  nounThe polite form, with the honorific お: what airline or hotel staff typically use when asking about a customer's bags. In everyday conversation, plain 荷物 is the word you want.

For luggage in general use 荷物, the common word, which also covers packages; 「ラゲッジ」 is the English loanword heard mostly in travel settings, and 「お荷物」 is the polite form used by staff to customers.

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• 荷物にもつluggage
• ラゲッジluggage
• お荷物おにもつbaggage