肩(かた)の荷(に)が下(お)りる

かたのにがおりる
expression
to feel a weight lifted from one's shoulders
idiomemotion
1. to be relieved of a burden; to feel a weight off one's shoulders
Relief when a responsibility or worry one has been carrying is finally over; literally 'the load comes down from the shoulders.' Usually in the past tense after a task, a duty, or an ordeal ends.
発表(はっぴょう)が終(お)わって、肩(かた)の荷(に)が下(お)りた。
Now that the presentation is over, I feel a weight off my shoulders.
息子(むすこ)が就職(しゅうしょく)して、やっと肩(かた)の荷(に)が下(お)りました。
My son has found a job, and at last I feel relieved of a burden.
十年(じゅうねん)続(つづ)けた会長(かいちょう)の仕事(しごと)を引(ひ)き継(つ)いでもらい、肩(かた)の荷(に)が下(お)りた気(き)がする。
Having handed over the chairman's duties I carried for ten years, I feel as if a load has been lifted.

Literally 'the load on the shoulders comes down.' The transitive form 肩(かた)の荷(に)を下(お)ろす means to put the burden down oneself.

Common patterns

  • 肩(かた)の荷(に)が下(お)りた: what a relief (after a task ends)
  • 肩(かた)の荷(に)が下(お)りる思(おも)い: a feeling of relief

Similar words

Related Words

Related: 肩(かた) (shoulder)
Related: 荷物(にもつ) (load; luggage)
Compare: ほっとする (to feel relieved)
Compare: 安心(あんしん)する (to feel at ease)
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Added 2026.9.10 0:45 · Revised 2026.9.10 0:54
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