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Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
せん
Grade: 4
くみ > ぐみ
Grade: 2
on'yomi kun'yomi

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Etymology

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From 新選 (shinsen, new selection) +‎ (kumi, group).

The kumi changes to gumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

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(しん)(せん)(ぐみ) (Shinsengumi

  1. (historical) a special police force organized by the shogunate during the Bakumatsu period
    • 2004 September 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “(だい)十七(くん) ()ってなくても()ったふりして(じょう)()のヅラ() [Lesson 17: Even If You’re Not Drunk, Pretend to Be, and Snatch Your Boss’s Toupée]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      じゃ(きみ)らは(プラス)(しん)(せん)(ぐみ)ソーセージだ!(とん)(しょ)(れい)(ぞう)()(はい)ってた
      (よう)するに ただのソーセージじゃねーか‼いるかァァァ‼
      Ja kimira wa Purasu-Shinsengumi sōsēji da! Tonsho no reizōko ni haitteta
      Yōsuru ni tada no sōsēji ja nē ka‼ Iru kaaaa‼
      Well, you guys can have a +Shinsengumi sausage! Stored in the fridge at our headquarters
      All of this just for a friggin’ sausage⁉ Are you kidding me⁉
    • 2010 December 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “(だい)三百二十五(くん) (ふゆ)(やす)みあけも(みんな)けっこう大人(おとな)()える [Lesson 325: And Everyone Looks a Lot like a Grown-Up After Winter Vacation]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 37 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      それで(いろ)(いろ)(かんが)えて()(かた)もマヨネーズもカロリー½にしようと(おも)って その(せい)()あって(いま)では(しん)(せん)(ぐみ)(ほとけ)のパシリトシさんって()ばれてるんだ
      (けっ)(きょく)()()までカロリー0になってんでしょーが‼
      Sore de iroiro kangaete ikikata mo mayonēzu mo karorī nibun no ichi ni shiyō to suru omotte Sono seika atte ima wa Shinsengumi hotoke no pashiri Toshi-santte yobareterun da
      Kekkyoku chii made karorī zero ni natten deshō ga‼
      So I thought a lot over and decided to try calorie ½ on mayonnaise as well as my lifestyle. As a result, I am now the enlightened gofer of the Shinsengumi known as Toshi-san
      Your status has been down to calorie 0 from what I’m seeing‼

Derived terms

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