How to say "litter" in Japanese

• 担架たんかJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers 'litter' in the stretcher sense: a frame on which a sick or injured person is carried lying down. The everyday word in rescue and medical contexts — paramedics carrying a casualty, for example.
• ゴミJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounCovers 'litter' as rubbish: cans, wrappers and other waste dropped in public or thrown away. The everyday word for trash and garbage generally; usually written in kana alone.
  彼女かのじょは玄関げんかんのごみをはいた。↗

  She swept the dirt from the porch.
• みこしCommon
  nounCovers 'litter' in the palanquin sense: an enclosed seat carried on poles by bearers. Respectful (sonkeigo) in tone; the typical context is a palanquin borne shoulder-high in a shrine festival procession.

For 'litter', choose 担架 for the stretcher that carries an injured person, 「ゴミ」 for rubbish dropped or thrown away, and 「みこし」 for the palanquin sense, a seat carried on bearers' shoulders.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 担架たんかstretcher
• ごみrubbish
• 駕籠かごpalanquin
• 一腹ひとはらlitter (of animals)
• 同腹子どうふくしlitter (of animals)
• 輿こしpalanquin
• 敷き藁しきわら(animal's) litter
• 寝藁ねわら(stable) litter
• みこしpalanquin