Illustration: Inside a small neighborhood bamboo workshop, a young craftsperson confidently bends a strip into the rim of a basket while guiding a child’s hands through the same movement. An elderly maker sits nearby with tea, watching rather than directing.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

担にない手て

ninaite

person who carries something forward

Often refers to someone sustaining a field, activity or tradition. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. きわめて裕福ゆうふくな町人層ちょうにんそうが新あたらしい文化ぶんかの担にない手てになり、上方文化かみがたぶんかが生うまれた。

    The wealthy townspeople became the leader of the new culture and Kamigata Bunka appeared.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 室町時代むろまちじだいの学問がくもんの担にない手ては主おもに禅僧ぜんそうや公家くげである。

    Academic scholarship during the Muromachi period was more or less limited to Zen monks and the nobility.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 院政期文化いんせいきぶんかの主しゅたる担にない手ては依然貴族層いぜんきぞくそうや僧侶そうりょであった。

    The main driving force of Insei period culture were court nobles and monks.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 担手

  • 担shouldering; carryOnタンKunかつぐ・になう
  • 手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-

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