noun
load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods
Physical items being carried, transported, or shipped. Common in compounds like 荷物 and 積み荷.
トラックに荷を積む。
Load cargo onto the truck.
駅で大きな荷を持っている人を見かけた。
I saw someone carrying a large piece of baggage at the station.
noun
Metaphorical weight or duty, often used in set phrases like 荷が重い (the burden is heavy) or 荷を下ろす (to be relieved of a responsibility).
その仕事は私には荷が重すぎる。
That job is too heavy a burden for me.
彼は長年の責任という荷を下ろした。
He was relieved of the burden of years of responsibility.