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])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞na̠ɾʲiɡɯ̟ᵝmʲi]

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:
    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)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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