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luggage tag; baggage label; shipping tag
A tag or label attached to luggage, packages, or cargo indicating the destination, contents, or owner.
荷物に荷札を付けた。
I attached a tag to the luggage.
荷札に宛先を書いてください。
Please write the destination on the shipping tag.
引越しの荷物には荷札を付けておくと、運び先が分かりやすい。
Putting tags on your moving boxes makes it easy to tell where they should go.
Composed of 荷 (cargo, load) + 札 (tag, label). Used for any kind of label attached to packages, luggage, or shipped goods.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 荷札を付ける — to attach a tag
- 荷札を書く — to write a tag
- 荷札を外す — to remove a tag
SIMILAR WORDS:
- タグ — tag (loanword, general purpose)
- ラベル — label (loanword)
- 名札 — name tag
- 値札 — price tag