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私物

しぶつ

private property; personal effects

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Examples

  1. 机の上に私物を置かないでください。

    つくえのうえにしぶつをおかないでください。

    Please don't leave personal belongings on the desks.

  2. 私物はロッカーにしまってください。

    しぶつはロッカーにしまってください。

    Please put your personal items in the lockers.

  3. 会社の備品を私物化してはいけない。

    かいしゃのびひんをしぶつかしてはいけない。

    You mustn't treat company equipment as your own.

Common patterns

私物を持ち込む
to bring in personal belongings
私物化する
to treat (a public thing) as one's own
私物の管理
handling of personal effects

Memory tip

The word only makes sense against an institution: it is what is yours rather than the company's or the school's. 私物化する is a standard criticism of someone who runs a public body as personal property.

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