担い手|にないてninaite[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounbearer; carrier
2. nounperson bearing responsibility; person in charge; supporter

• Synonym運搬人うんぱんにんWrittenWritten/formal prose term for a person who carries or transports goods; 「担い手」 instead means the central figure taking on a cause, as in 「農業の担い手」.
• Synonym運送人うんそうにんNeutralA legal term for a carrier of goods or passengers in logistics and transport; 「担い手」 rather refers to a person who takes on an undertaking.
• Antonym傍観者ぼうかんしゃWrittenWritten/formal prose word for someone who merely stands by watching; it contrasts with 「担い手」 as the onlooker against the person who takes things on.
• Antonym無関係者NeutralA person unconnected with the matter at hand; it is the counterpart of 「担い手」 as the uninvolved outsider to the one bearing responsibility.

Use 「担い手」 for the central people who take on an undertaking, as in 「次世代の担い手」 or 「地域医療の担い手」. For someone who transports goods, pick 「運搬人」 (written) or 「運送人」 (legal carrier); 「傍観者」 and 「無関係者」 are its opposites.

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1. 荷物にもつを担かつぐ人ひと。
2. ある仕事しごとを中心ちゅうしんとなって引き受ひきうける人ひと。