手提げ・手さげ・手提|てさげtesage[3]odaka (tail-high)
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Which spelling to use
手提げ手提げ is the most common written form and the recommended choice for learners. It combines kanji and kana.
手さげ手さげ is a less common variant of 手提げ. It is also written with kanji and kana.
手提手提 is less common than 手提げ and 手さげ. It is a kanji-only written form.
Definitions
- nounhandbag; purse
Synonyms & antonyms
- RelatedポーチNeutralA loanword for a small pouch holding cosmetics or odds and ends; it is compact and usually kept inside a bag, while 「手提げ」 is a bag you carry in your hand.
- Related合切袋がっさいぶくろWrittenA bag for carrying your belongings on a trip; an old-fashioned word that is rarely used today.
- Related巾着きんちゃくNeutralA cloth pouch or purse closed with a drawstring; also the fried-tofu pouch in oden. The drawstring shape is the point, and it is not necessarily carried by hand.
Use 「手提げ」 for a bag with handles that you carry in your hand, as in 「手提げ袋」; call a small pouch for odds and ends 「ポーチ」 and a drawstring cloth bag 「巾着」.
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