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担架

たんか

a stretcher (for carrying an injured person)

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Examples

  1. けが人が担架で運ばれた。

    けがにんがたんかではこばれた。

    The injured person was carried away on a stretcher.

  2. 選手は担架に乗せられてグラウンドを出た。

    せんしゅはたんかにのせられてグラウンドをでた。

    The player was put on a stretcher and taken off the field.

  3. 救急隊員が担架を担いで階段を駆け上がっていった。

    きゅうきゅうたいいんがたんかをかついでかいだんをかけあがっていった。

    The paramedics shouldered the stretcher and ran up the stairs.

Common patterns

担架で運ぶ
to carry on a stretcher
担架に乗せる
to put someone on a stretcher
担架を担ぐ
to carry a stretcher

Memory tip

担 'to carry on the shoulder' + 架 'frame' — a frame two people shoulder. Beware the homophones: 単価 (unit price) and 短歌 (a 31-syllable poem) are also たんか, and 啖呵を切る 'to talk tough' is yet another.

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