トランク（トランク、toranku）
- trunk (car)

The word トランク, written in katakana, primarily refers to a trunk, a large container, often rectangular, used for storing and transporting belongings. It’s typically associated with luggage used for travel. It can also be used to refer to the trunk of a car, specifically the storage compartment.

⚫︎ 旅行（りょこう）に トランク を持（も）って行（い）く。 Translation: I will take a trunk with me on the trip. ⚫︎ トランク に荷物（にもつ）を詰（つ）める。 Translation: I pack my luggage in the trunk. ⚫︎ 車（くるま）の トランク に荷物（にもつ）を入（い）れる。 Translation: I put the luggage in the car's trunk.

This word is commonly used in everyday conversation. ⚫︎ When discussing travel and luggage: you would use トランク to talk about packing your clothes and belongings for a trip. ⚫︎ When talking about a car’s storage space: You use it to refer to the compartment at the back of a car where you put groceries, tools, or other items. The context usually makes it clear whether you are referring to a piece of luggage or the car's compartment.

⚫︎ トランク is written in katakana, as it is a loanword from English ("trunk"). ⚫︎ There are no other ways to write this word. ⚫︎ There are no variations in the okurigana.

⚫︎ スーツケース (sūtsukēsu): suitcase (especially for luggage). ⚫︎ 旅行鞄（りょこうかばん） (ryokō kaban): travel bag/suitcase ⚫︎ 荷物入れ（にもついれ） (nimotsu-ire): luggage container (general term)

There aren't direct antonyms for トランク itself. However, the opposite of *containing* something in a trunk would be *taking out* or *removing* items from it.

私（わたし）は飛行機（ひこうき）に乗（の）る前（まえ）に、トランク を確認（かくにん）した。 ・Translation: I checked the trunk before boarding the plane. ・Explanation: This sentence describes checking a piece of luggage.

父（ちち）は車（くるま）のトランク にゴルフバッグを入（い）れた。 ・Translation: My father put the golf bag in the car's trunk. ・Explanation: This sentence describes putting something in the car's storage compartment.

The word トランク originates from the English word "trunk," which has the same meaning. It entered the Japanese language as a loanword, representing the imported concepts of luggage containers and vehicle storage compartments.