貴重品

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 貴重品 is read as きちょうひん and is a collective noun for valuables whose loss or theft would cause serious financial or personal harm.
• Basic usage: Use 金庫に預ける for entrusting them to a safe and 鞄へ入れる for moving them into one’s own bag.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Value and personal importance
  • The category can include expensive objects and difficult-to-replace items such as identification, not only luxury goods.
• Collective meaning
  • Although the Japanese form is not visibly plural, it commonly refers to multiple valuables, making the English plural natural.