窓際族

Japanese

Kanji in this term
窓	際	族
まど Grade: 6	きわ > ぎわ Grade: 5	ぞく Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 窓際 (madogiwa, “by the window”) +‎ 族 (zoku, “group (of people)”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まどぎわ​ぞく [màdógíwáꜜzòkù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠do̞ɡʲiɰᵝa̠zo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

窓(まど)際(ぎわ)族(ぞく) • (madogiwazoku) 

1. those who are given desk work, who are left out of the loop, as a form of constructive dismissal.

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN