Refers to a person who carries something, often in a work or traditional context. Also appears in compounds like 荷担ぎ (load carrier) or 神輿担ぎ (portable shrine bearer).
He works as a carrier at the market.
Many portable shrine bearers gathered for the festival.
We hired two porters for the move.
He works as a porter at the market.
運搬人 is a more formal, neutral term for someone who transports goods, while 担ぎ carries a folk or traditional nuance of carrying by shoulder pole or hand.
ポーター is the modern loanword for a professional porter (e.g. at a hotel or station), while 担ぎ is a more traditional or colloquial Japanese term.
superstitious person · practical joker; prankster · peddler; itinerant salesman; black-market peddler
carrying pole; shoulder pole
superstitious act for good luck; lucky charm behavior
superstition; superstitious person
carry out; lug out · elevate to a high position; push someone into a role · bring up; broach; raise (a topic)
carry around; lug around
carry into; bring into
carrying a casket; carrying something on one shoulder like a casket
taking part in a crime; participation · partner in crime; accomplice
Noun form of the verb 担ぐ (かつぐ, 'to shoulder, carry on one's shoulder'), derived from the continuative stem.
superstitious person; being superstitious