隣組

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Japanese

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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

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

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隣(となり)組(ぐみ) • (Tonarigumi) 

  1. a Shōwa period song, describing the day-to-day activities of such an association:

Descendants

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

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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