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Classroom bag inspection with 検査

Kanji Explanation: Investigation and inspection with 査

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Nishikata and Takagi are on duty preparing the classroom before class.

高木(たかぎ):
「そういえば今日(きょう)持(も)ちもの検査(けんさ)があったような気が…」
“Come to think of it, I think we have a bag inspection today…”
Literal: “Come to think of it, I feel like there was a belongings inspection today...”

Key Points

1検査(けんさ) = “inspection” of whether something meets a standard
  • Here, 持(も)ちもの検査(けんさ) means a school check of what students are bringing with them.
  • 検査(けんさ) often implies examining something to confirm its condition or compliance, not just casually looking at it.
2そういえば = “come to think of it”
  • そういえば introduces something the speaker just remembered.
  • It sets up Takagi’s line as a sudden recollection rather than new information she planned to say from the start.
3Spoken uncertainty: ～ような気(き)が…
  • あったような気(き)が… is a soft, trailing way to say “I feel like there was…” or “I think there was…”
  • The final する from ～ような気(き)がする is left unsaid, which is common in casual speech when the meaning is already clear.

Vocabulary

(Today)

今日(きょう) means today. In formal writing, it can also mean the present day or current era.

(Inspection)

検査(けんさ) refers to the process of carefully examining something against certain standards to determine whether there are any abnormalities or if it meets the required criteria.

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