noun

  1. superstitious person.
  2. practical joker.
  3. peddler, itinerant salesman, blackmarket peddler (after WWII).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
担ぎ屋 かつぎや
 
 
 
かつぎ屋 かつぎや

Contained Kanji Breakdown

shouldering, carry, raise
タン にな.う かつ.ぐ (6th, N2)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン あき.らか あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
roof, house, shop
や オク た (3rd, N4)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)