表現五段動詞(う)
to leave one's hometown to study; to carry a case of books
慣用句まれ
昔、笈を負って都へ出て行く若者は多かったそうです。
- It is said that in the past, many young people would head to the capital carrying their book cases on their backs.
祖父は笈を負い、遠い国で医学を学んだと聞いています。
- I hear that my grandfather carried a pack and studied medicine in a distant country.