baggage

手荷物、荷物

旅行に持っていくかばんや、その中に入っている物。

やさしい英語で： The bags you take when travelling, and the things inside them.

• Where is my baggage?
• We checked our baggage before the flight.
• The airline lost two pieces of baggage.

類義語： luggage

よく使う表現： checked baggage, baggage claim, baggage allowance, carry baggage

心の重荷、過去のしがらみ

過去の嫌な感情や記憶で、今も心に抱えているもの。

やさしい英語で： Unpleasant feelings or memories from the past that you still carry with you.

• She carries a lot of emotional baggage.
• He brought baggage from an old relationship into this one.
• Therapy helped me deal with my childhood baggage.

使い方： baggage from something (He still carries baggage from his childhood.)

類義語： emotional burden

よく使う表現： emotional baggage, carry baggage, baggage from something, personal baggage

軍の荷物、輜重

軍隊が移動するときに運ぶ装備や物資。

やさしい英語で： The equipment and supplies an army takes with it when moving.

• The army left its baggage behind.
• Soldiers guarded the baggage train during the march.
• Enemy riders captured several baggage wagons.

類義語： equipment, supplies

よく使う表現： baggage train, army baggage, baggage wagons