Classroom bag inspection with 検査

Kanji Explanation: Investigation and inspection with 査

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.

今日 (Today): 今日(きょう) means today. In formal writing, it can also mean the present day or current era.
検査 (Inspection): 検査(けんさ) is examining something carefully to see whether anything is wrong or whether it meets a standard.
ある (To exist): ある is to exist or be in a place, for things and plants rather than people or animals. It also means to have something, or for an event to take place.
ような (Like): ような follows a word to compare something to it: “like” or “such as”. At the end of a sentence, it shows the speaker’s impression.
気 (Spirit): 気(き) is a person’s mind, mood, or feelings. It appears in many expressions, such as 気がする, “to have a feeling”.