担ぐ

• 読み: かつぐ
• ローマ字: katsugu
• 漢字の分解: 担 (tan/katsu) — carry, bear, shoulder
• 発音: /ka.tsɯ.ɡɯ/

意味

To shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder. Also means to set someone up as a leader or to play a prank on someone.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb with three main uses: (1) physically carrying something heavy on the shoulder, (2) promoting or elevating someone to a position of authority (会長に担ぐ), and (3) tricking or fooling someone (担がれた = I was tricked). All three meanings involve the concept of lifting or raising something up.

例文

1. 祭りで神輿を担ぐのは体力がいる。
2. 彼を次の会長に担ごうという動きがある。
3. あの話は嘘だったのか、まんまと担がれた。

使い方ガイド

場面: festivals, politics, pranks

トーン: varied

起源と歴史

The kanji 担 combines 扌 (hand) and 旦 (dawn/flat), originally depicting carrying something level on the shoulders. The meaning of tricking someone may derive from lifting someone up only to drop them.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal