あとぼう【後棒】 (atob ) |  |  | a rear bearer (of a palanquin [litter]); a palanquin bearer who shoulders the pole behind the palanquin; a litter bearer who holds up the rear of the litter. |  |  | 後棒をかつぐ 〔仲間に加わって主導者を助ける〕 join one's friends in assisting the leader of a plot [conspiracy]. |
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