スーツケース

スーツケース · suutsukeesu · JLPT N4 · noun

bag

スーツケース — bag

🧳 スーツ (suit) + ケース (case) = English suitcase, borrowed whole

A katakana loanword from English. Say suitcase slowly with Japanese vowels added: suu-tsu-kee-su. The long ー marks stretch the vowels in suit and case, and each final consonant gets a helper u.

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