運び|はこびhakobi[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, noun (suffix)progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

• Related輸送ゆそうNeutralCarrying people or goods by vehicle, as in 「輸送機」. 「運び」 usually refers to how something progresses or its stages, as in 「〜の運びとなる」.
• Related運輸うんゆWrittenWritten/formal term for carrying passengers and freight, often in 「運輸業」; leans industry and administration. 「運び」 is general carrying or the progress of things.
• Related運送うんそうNeutralCarrying goods or passengers, usually as a commercial service, as in 「運送会社」. 「運び」 is broader and also covers how things progress.
• Related運搬うんぱんNeutralHauling or moving items from place to place. 「運び」 also covers the progress of affairs and pace or step.
• Related移送いそうWrittenWritten/formal: transferring something or someone elsewhere, including sending a case to another court or prosecutors. 「運び」 is ordinary carrying.
• Related搬送はんそうNeutralTransporting goods over a distance, especially taking a patient to hospital. 「運び」 is the broader, more general word.
• Antonym停滞ていたいNeutralThings stalling or failing to move ahead — the opposite of the forward progress 「運び」 describes, as in 「交渉が停滞する」.
• Antonym中断ちゅうだんNeutralAn interruption that cuts off something ongoing midway — the opposite of the continuing progress of 「運び」.

Use 「運び」 for the progress, pace or stages of something, as in 「開催の運びとなる」. To move people or goods, choose 「輸送」 (by vehicle), 「運送」 (commercial), 「運搬」 (hauling), 「搬送」 (to hospital) or formal 「運輸」/「移送」; 「停滞」 and 「中断」 are opposites.

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1. 物事ものごとが進すすんでいく様子ようすや程度ていど。
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