荷|にni[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounload; baggage; cargo; freight; goods
   船ふねはその港みなとで荷にを下おろされた。↗

   The ship was unloaded at the port.
2. nounburden; responsibility

• Synonym積み荷つみにNeutralCargo loaded on a ship or vehicle, as in 「積み荷を降ろす」; 「荷」 is broader and also used figuratively for burdens.
• Synonym荷物にもつNeutralEveryday word for luggage and parcels, the most common in daily use; 「荷」 appears mostly in set phrases like 「荷を積む」「荷が重い」, covering both goods and burdens.
• Synonym貨物かもつNeutralGoods in transit, leaning toward commercial logistics, as in 「貨物列車」; 「荷」 is broader.
• SynonymカーゴNeutralLoanword for cargo, often in aviation contexts like 「カーゴ便」; 「荷」 is broader.
• Synonym運送品うんそうひんWrittenWritten/formal term for goods being shipped; in everyday speech say 「荷物」.
• Related載荷さいかWrittenWritten/formal engineering term for an applied load; 「荷」 refers to goods or a burden.
• Relatedお荷物おにもつNeutralPolite word for luggage, also figuratively a burden or hindrance, as in 「お荷物になる」; 「荷」 is the plain term for a burden.
• Antonym空荷からにNeutralAntonym of 「荷」 on the loaded/empty axis: a ship or vehicle carrying no cargo.

Default 「荷」 for goods and figurative burdens (「荷が重い」); 「荷物」 for everyday luggage; 「積み荷」 for cargo aboard a ship or vehicle; 「貨物」 for commercial freight; 「カーゴ」 for air cargo; 「お荷物」 for a hindrance; 「載荷」「運送品」 are written terms; 「空荷」 means unloaded.

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1. （に）運搬うんぱんの対象たいしょうとなるもの。
2. （に）負担ふたん、責任せきにん。