担ぎ|かつぎkatsugi[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nouncarrier

• Related担い手にないてNeutralA person who carries something, also used figuratively for the mainstay of an undertaking, as in 「文化の担い手」; this figurative sense is the common one.
• Antonym下ろすおろすNeutralThe antonym: to take a load down from the shoulder, the opposite of the shouldering that 「担ぎ」 describes.

Use 「担ぎ」 for shouldering or carrying a load, for a peddler hawking wares, or for superstition as in 「縁起担ぎ」. For the person who carries, or figuratively the mainstay of an undertaking, say 「担い手」. 「下ろす」 is the antonym, to take down.

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1. かつぐこと。
2. 商品しょうひんを担かついで市し中ちゅうを売り歩うりあるく商人しょうにん。