1.
personal belongings; private property; personal effects
Items that belong to an individual personally, as opposed to shared or organizational property. Often used in workplace and institutional settings.
私物は持ち帰ってください。
Please take your personal belongings with you.
会社のパソコンを私物化してはいけない。
You must not treat company computers as personal property.
退職する際は、デスクの私物をすべて片付けてください。
When you leave the company, please clear all personal items from your desk.
USAGE:
私物 is commonly used in workplaces, schools, and shared spaces to distinguish personal items from organizational property.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 私物を持ち込む (to bring personal items in)
- 私物を持ち帰る (to take personal items home)
- 私物化する (to appropriate something as personal property)
- 私物持ち込み禁止 (personal items not allowed)