加か担たん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

Often implies taking part in something questionable or illegal, such as aiding a crime or supporting a dubious scheme. Can also be used neutrally for lending support to a cause or person.

彼かれは犯はん罪ざいに加か担たんしたとして逮たい捕ほされた。
He was arrested for complicity in the crime.

その政せい治じ家かは不ふ正せいな取とり引ひきに加か担たんしていた。

The politician was involved in the fraudulent deal.

彼かの女じょは友ゆう人じんの計けい画かくに喜よろこんで加か担たんした。

She willingly lent her support to her friend's plan.

Written forms

加か担たんUsage82%
Standard kanji spelling. 加 means 'add' and 担 means 'carry/bear', together suggesting lending one's weight to something.
荷か担たんUsage18%
Variant kanji form using 荷 (load/burden). Less common than 加担.

Kanji

加add, addition, increase
担shouldering, carry, raise
荷baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden)

Similar words

協きょう力りょく
協力 is neutral cooperation, while 加担 often carries a negative nuance of being complicit in something wrong.
支し援えん
支援 is general support or backing, without the implication of wrongdoing that 加担 can have.

Etymology

Compound of 加 (add) and 担 (carry, bear), literally 'to add one's burden'. The negative connotation likely developed from the idea of sharing responsibility for a misdeed.