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load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods
burden; responsibility
「荷」 has another reading with different meanings.
引っ越しの荷を全部運び終わるのに丸一日かかった。
It took a whole day to finish moving all the luggage.
この仕事は私には荷が重すぎるかもしれない。
This job might be too much of a burden for me.
船に積まれた荷が港で降ろされていた。
The cargo loaded on the ship was being unloaded at the port.