How to say "bearer" in Japanese

• 担い手にないてCommon
  nounCovers 'bearer' as a person who shoulders something — a task, responsibility, or tradition — literally or figuratively. Typical in talk of who will carry a tradition or movement forward.
• 使いつかいJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounHere 'bearer' means a messenger: a person dispatched to carry a message or run an errand for someone. Choose it when the bearer carries word from one party to another.
• お使いおつかいJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe polite (teineigo) equivalent of 使い, covering the same messenger and errand senses. Choose it when speaking politely about someone running an errand or being sent with a message.

Use 「担い手」 for a person who bears or carries something in a literal or figurative sense, and 「使い」 or its polite form 「お使い」 for a messenger sent with a message or on an errand.

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• 担い手にないてbearer
• 持参人じさんにんbearer
• ベアラbearer
• 所持人しょじにんbearer
• 運び手はこびてcarrier
• 使いつかいmessenger
• お使いおつかいmessenger