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valuables pouch; valuables case; valuables locker
A container, pouch, bag, or designated storage space for keeping valuable items like wallets, jewelry, and electronics safe, commonly found in gyms, hot springs, and changing rooms.
貴重品入れはありますか。
Is there a valuables locker?
温泉の脱衣場に貴重品入れがある。
There's a valuables locker in the hot spring changing room.
財布やスマホは貴重品入れに入れてから、プールに入ってください。
Please put your wallet and smartphone in the valuables locker before entering the pool.
Compound of 貴重品 (valuables; precious items) and 入れ (container; holder). The suffix ~入れ is productive and indicates a container for the preceding noun (e.g., 小銭入れ, coin purse; 名刺入れ, business card holder).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 貴重品入れに入れる: to put something in the valuables locker
- 貴重品入れを利用する: to use the valuables storage
- 貴重品入れの鍵: key to the valuables locker
USAGE:
At Japanese gyms, 温泉 (hot springs), and 銭湯 (public baths), there are typically small lockers or safes specifically for valuables, separate from the larger clothes lockers. Signs reading 貴重品入れ or 貴重品ロッカー are common.
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 貴重品ロッカー: valuables locker (same meaning, uses the loanword ロッカー)
- セーフティボックス: safety deposit box, found in hotels
- 金庫: safe, for more permanent storage