担かつぎ屋や

noun

superstitious person

Refers to someone who is easily influenced by superstitions or omens, often in a light or teasing way.

• 彼かれは縁えん起ぎをかつぐ担かつぎ屋やで、毎まい朝あさおみくじを引ひいている。

  He's a superstitious person who believes in omens, and draws a fortune slip every morning.

noun

practical joker; prankster

Someone who enjoys playing tricks or teasing others; the nuance comes from 担ぐ meaning 'to trick' or 'to pull someone's leg'.

• あの担かつぎ屋やはまた嘘うそのニュースを流ながして皆みんなを驚おどろかせた。

  That prankster spread fake news again and surprised everyone.

noun

peddler; itinerant salesman; black-market peddler

Historically refers to a street vendor carrying goods on a pole over the shoulder. The black-market sense is specifically post-WWII.

• 戦せん後ごの混こん乱らん期き、担かつぎ屋やが闇やみ市いちで物ぶっ資しを売うり歩あるいていた。

  In the chaotic post-war period, black-market peddlers went around selling goods in the black markets.