noun
superstitious person; being superstitious
Refers to a person who is superstitious or the act of being superstitious, often about luck or omens.
彼は縁起担ぎで、毎朝必ず右足から家を出る。
He is superstitious and always leaves the house with his right foot first every morning.
縁起担ぎに、試験の前には必ずカツ丼を食べる。
As a superstition, I always eat katsudon before an exam.
Compound of 縁起 (engi, 'omen, luck') and 担ぎ (katsugi, from 担ぐ katsugu, 'to carry, to be superstitious'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is conventionally associated with superstitious behavior.