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荷
Load, Baggage
に (ni)
JLPT N2
Interesting Fact
Japan's famous luggage forwarding service, 宅急便 (Takkyūbin), allows travelers to send their 荷物 (nimotsu) directly to hotels, making train travel much easier.
Memory Trick
Imagine carrying heavy luggage made of plants (艹) stacked on your shoulders. The heavy load reminds you that 荷 means 'baggage' or 'load.'
Readings
Onyomi: カ (ka)
Kunyomi: に (ni)
Example Words
荷物
にもつ (nimotsu)
Luggage
出荷
しゅっか (shukka)
Shipment
入荷
にゅうか (nyuuka)
Arrival of goods
荷台
にだい (nidai)
Loading platform
Example Sentence
荷物 を 車 に 積みました。
にもつ を くるま に つみました。
nimotsu o kuruma ni tsumimashita
I loaded the luggage into the car.