Word Meaning 死人担ぎ

しびとかつぎ shibitokatsugi

死人担ぎ is read as しびとかつぎ (shibitokatsugi) and means carrying a casket.

Meaning

English

carrying a casket
carrying something (in a group) on one shoulder, as if it were a casket (considered an ill-omened way to carry something)

Reading

Kana

しびとかつぎ

Romaji

shibitokatsugi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 40989 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

死人

しにん

corpse

死刑執行人

しけいしっこうにん

executioner

死の商人

しのしょうにん

merchant of death

本人負担

ほんにんふたん

paying for the purchase (expense) out of one's own pocket

虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す

とらはししてかわをとどめひとはししてなをのこす

he has not lived that lives not after death

人死に

ひとじに

accidental death

死角

しかく

blind spot (e.g. of a driver)

死線

しせん

deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)

死の灰

しのはい

lethal radioactive fallout

死に身

しにみ

at the risk of one's life

死の谷

しのたに

valley of death (barrier between product development and commercialization stages)

死産児

しざんじ

stillborn baby