workmen's chant while pulling a heavy load
A traditional rhythmic chant used by laborers to coordinate effort when hauling heavy objects, especially timber or floats in festivals.
During the festival, the workmen's chant echoed as they carried the portable shrine.
In the old days, carpenters sang a workmen's chant when hauling timber.
Standard kanji spelling.
Search-only kanji form; not a standard written variant.
Compound of 木 (ki, 'wood, timber') and 遣り (yari, from 遣る yaru, 'to send, to do'), referring to the act of moving timber with a coordinated chant.