🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

荷造りする

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nidokari suru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pack your bags/pæk jɔːr bæɡz/
verb phraseidiomCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"旅行のために荷造りする時間です。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb phrase
  1. 1

    To gather one's belongings and prepare to leave a place permanently or for a trip.

    "If you want to travel the world, you need to pack your bags and take the first step."
As idiom
  1. 1

    To prepare for dismissal, failure, or a forced departure from a team, job, or competition.

    "After losing five consecutive matches, the coach knew it was time to pack his bags."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The idiom combines the verb 'pack' (originating from Germanic and Middle Dutch roots meaning to bundle or wrap) with 'bag' (from Old Norse or Celtic origins referring to a pouch or sack). Historically tied to the physical preparation for a journey, the phrase evolved idiomatic undertones to signify abrupt departure, relocation, or inevitable dismissal.

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