隣組

Japanese

Kanji in this term
隣	組
となり Grade: S	くみ > ぐみ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 隣(となり) (tonari, “neighbor, neighbour”) + 組(くみ) (kumi, “group”).

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) となりぐみ [tònárígúmí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞na̠ɾʲiɡɯ̟mʲi]

Noun

隣(となり)組(ぐみ) • (tonarigumi) 

1. a form of a neighborhood association established by the pre-war Japanese government in 1940

Proper noun

隣(となり)組(ぐみ) • (Tonarigumi) 

1. 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:

     とんとんとんからりと隣(となり)組(ぐみ)　格子(こうし)を開(あ)ければ顔(かお)なじみ　回(まわ)して頂戴(ちょうだい)回覧板(かいらんばん)　知(し)らせられたり知(し)らせたり

     tonton tonkarari to tonarigumi kōshi o akereba kao najimi mawashite chōdai kairanban shiraseraretari shirasetari

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: tonarigumi
• → Indonesian: rukun tetangga (calque)