Word Meaning お先棒を担ぐ

おさきぼうをかつぐ osakibou o katsugu

お先棒を担ぐ is read as おさきぼうをかつぐ (osakibou o katsugu) and means to be a willing cats-paw.

Meaning

English

to be a willing cats-paw
to willingly act as someone's tool

Reading

Kana

おさきぼうをかつぐ

Romaji

osakibou o katsugu

Writing Variants

お先棒をかつぐ おさきぼうをかつぐ osakibouokatsugu

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Proverb ✓ Rank 111086 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

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お先棒

おさきぼう

flunky

片棒を担ぐ

かたぼうをかつぐ

to take part in (usu. something bad)

担任の先生

たんにんのせんせい

class teacher

先棒

さきぼう

front palanquin bearer

棒先

ぼうさき

end (of a stick, rod, pole, etc.)

担ぎ棒

かつぎぼう

carrying poles (palanquin, portable shrine)

片棒担ぎ

かたぼうかつぎ

partner (in crime)

担ぐ

かつぐ

to be caught up in superstition

験を担ぐ

げんをかつぐ

to be superstitious

お先に

おさきに

ahead

縁起を担ぐ

えんぎをかつぐ

to be superstitious

泥棒

どろぼう

theft