えっちらおっちら

adverb

with great effort; laboriously; ploddingly

Mimetic adverb describing steady, plodding effort, often with a sense of trudging or working persistently despite difficulty. Casual and somewhat onomatopoeic.

• 重おもい荷に物もつをえっちらおっちら運はこんだ。

  I laboriously carried the heavy luggage.

• 彼かれはえっちらおっちら坂さかを登のぼって