Classroom bag inspection with 検査

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…”

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.

3. Spoken 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.