隣組
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |
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隣 | 組 |
となり Grade: S |
くみ > ぐみ Grade: 2 |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
editCompound of 隣 (tonari, “neighbor, neighbour”) + 組 (kumi, “group”).
The kumi changes to gumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit隣組 • (tonarigumi)
- a form of a neighborhood association established by the pre-war Japanese government in 1940
Proper noun
edit隣組 • (Tonarigumi)
- a Shōwa period song, describing the day-to-day activities of such an association:
- 1940, “Tonari Gumi”, Okamoto Ippei (lyrics), Nobuo Iida (music), performed by Tamaki Tokuyama:
Descendants
edit- → Indonesian: tonarigumi
- → Indonesian: rukun tetangga (calque)
References
editCategories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 隣 read as となり
- Japanese terms spelled with 組 read as くみ
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- Japanese proper nouns