貨物

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 貨物 is a noun read かもつ for cargo or freight transported by ship, train, truck, or another carrier.
• Basic usage: It appears when unloading cargo from a ship or using a railway to transport freight.
  • 港では大きな船から貨物を降ろしていました。 describes cargo being unloaded from a large ship at a port; この線路は主に貨物の輸送に使われます。 says that the railway is used mainly for freight transport.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 貨物を降ろす
  • を marks the cargo being unloaded, while から in 船から marks where it is unloaded from.
• 貨物の輸送
  • の links the cargo to its transport, while に使われる identifies the purpose for which the railway is used.
• 貨物 and 荷物
  • 荷物(にもつ) broadly includes personal luggage or a parcel, while 貨物 focuses on cargo carried through a transport system.