Illustration: Inside a neighbourhood rice shop, a worker carries a heavy cloth sack from the storage area toward the front counter. The sack lies directly across one shoulder, sagging on either side, while one hand steadies its forward end.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

担かつぐ

katsugu

to carry on one’s shoulder

Example sentences

男おとこは袋ふくろを肩かたに担かついだ。
The man threw a bag across his shoulder.
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父親ちちおやは息子むすこの体からだをかついで部屋へやから運はこび出だした。
The father carried his son bodily from the room.
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彼かれは肩かたに銃じゅうを担かついだ。
He carried a rifle on his shoulder.
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Kanji in 担

担shouldering; carryOnタンKunかつぐ・になう

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