How do you say "handbag" in Japanese?

ハンドバッグ is romanised as handobaggu. Say it roughly like "hah-n-doh-bahg-goo" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.

ハンドバッグ is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.

ハンドバッグ is written using katakana. Handobaggu is katakana from 'handbag'.

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