けいたい・携帯keitai[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbcarrying (on one's person or in the hand)
   アメリカ人あめりかじんは武器ぶきの携帯けいたいを許ゆるされている。↗

   Americans have the right to bear arms.
2. nounmobile phone; cell phone
   最近さいきんの女子高生じょしこうせいは、携帯けいたいでメールしているらしい。↗

   Lately high school girls are using their cell phones to exchange e-mail.

• Synonym携行けいこうWrittenWritten style: taking something along to a destination, as in 「食料を携行する」.
• Synonym携えるたずさえるWrittenWritten and rather literary: to hold something in your hand or take a person along, as in 「手土産を携える」.
• Synonym所持しょじWrittenWritten word for possessing or having something on you, as in 「銃刀所持」; leans legal.
• Synonym持っていくもっていくCasualColloquial everyday phrase for taking something somewhere, as in 「傘を持っていく」.
• Synonym持つもつNeutralThe most basic verb for holding or having; unlike 「携帯」 it does not stress carrying something along with you.
• Synonym持ち運びもちはこびNeutralThe act of carrying or transporting something, as in 「持ち運びに便利」. 「携帯」 stresses having it on your person and also means a mobile phone.
• Antonym固定こていNeutralFixing something in place so it stays put — the opposite of 「携帯」, which is about carrying things with you.
• Antonym据え置きすえおきNeutralLeaving something where it stands or shelving it untouched — the opposite of 「携帯」's carrying things around.

Use 「携帯」 for carrying on your person or for mobile phones, as in 「携帯電話」 and 「携帯に便利」. For hauling things around say 「持ち運び」, for taking something along 「携行」, for legal possession 「所持」; the opposite is 「固定」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 身みに付つけたり手てに下さげたりして持ち運もちはこぶこと。
2. 携帯電話けいたいでんわの略りゃく。ケータイ。