袋（ふくろ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 3)
Meaning: bag/sack
Example sentences
- 買った物を袋に入れる。 — I put the things I bought into a bag.
- すみません、袋を一つください。 — Excuse me, could I have a bag?
Idioms & proverbs containing “袋”
- 小袋と小娘 (こぶくろとこむすめ) — to raise a girl is costlier than one would expect (like how a small bag can hold more than it seems); small bag and young woman
- 弓は袋に太刀は鞘 (ゆみはふくろにたちはさや) — the world is at peace; bows in bags and swords in sheaths
- 堪忍袋の緒が切れる (かんにんぶくろのおがきれる) — to be out of patience; to be unable to put up with something anymore
- 古い革袋に新しい酒を盛る (ふるいかわぶくろにあたらしいさけをもる) — to pour new wine into old wineskins; to give something unorthodox an orthodox presentation
- 新しい酒は古い革袋に入れる (あたらしいさけはふるいかわぶくろにいれる) — to put new wine into old wineskins; to put new wine into old bottles
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