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What is an idiomatic way of expressing traveling light/heavy?

I imagine there is a more pithy way to express this than 荷物【にもつ】が軽【かる】い or
荷物【にもつ】が重【おも】い, respectively.
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Traveling light/heavy
I'm not aware of any such idioms, but I'd like to point out that people
generally use 少ない・多い to describe 荷物 in the context of traveling light/heavy.

A somewhat different way of saying traveling light might be 身軽（みがる - light-
bodied）
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To say to travel light:

> 身軽に旅行する

You can see it used in this article [here.](http://tabi-relax.com/reduce-
travel-luggage/)

"Travelling heavy" is uncommon to say, mainly because it is discussed less and
because the goal is often to "travel light", so I think it is hard to
interpret that phrase by itself.

It is probably best said in other words, depending on what you want to say
(i.e. "Don't bring heavy luggage", etc.)
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I think "軽装（けいそう）/軽装備（けいそうび）で旅行（りょこう）する" is one way of rendering "to travel
light". "軽装" simply means "light clothing", and "軽装備" means "light equipment".

The opposite could be "重装備で旅行する", but this might mean not only that your
luggage is heavy but also you are more than well-prepared, for example, for
protection from elements, accidents, and so on.
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身軽 is a good word to use. However, 身重（みおも）means a completely different thing,
"She is pregnant."
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