Word Meaning 縁起を担ぐ

えんぎをかつぐ engi o katsugu

縁起を担ぐ is read as えんぎをかつぐ (engi o katsugu) and means to be superstitious.

Meaning

English

  1. to be superstitious
  2. to believe in omens

Reading

Kana

えんぎをかつぐ

Romaji

engi o katsugu

Writing Variants

  • 縁起をかつぐ えんぎをかつぐ engiokatsugu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb Rank 96222 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

縁起担

えんぎかつぎ

being superstitious

縁起

えんぎ

dependent arising

縁起物

えんぎもの

talisman

縁起直し

えんぎなおし

change of fortune

縁起が悪い

えんぎがわるい

of bad omen

縁起がいい

えんぎがいい

of good omen

縁起のいい

えんぎのいい

of good omen

十二縁起説

じゅうにえんぎせつ

Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San: pratītya-samutpāda)

因縁生起

いんねんせいき

dependent arising

ふち

rim