ネズミ講

Japanese

Kanji in this term
講
こう Grade: 5
kan’on

Etymology

Compound of ねずみ算 (nezumi-zan, “exponential growth”) +‎ 講 (kō, “association”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねずみこー [nèzúmíkóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ne̞zɨᵝmʲiko̞ː]

Noun

ネズミ講(こう) • (nezumikō) ^{←ねずみかう (nezumikau)?}

1. (colloquial) a pyramid scheme

Synonyms

• 無(む)限(げん)連(れん)鎖(さ)講(こう) (mugen rensakō, legal term, literally “infinite chain association”)