ネズミ講

Japanese

Kanji in this term
講
こう Grade: 5
kan’on

Etymology

Compound of ねずみ算 (nezumi-zan, “exponential growth”) +‎ 講 (kō, “association”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねずみこー [nèzúmíkóó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
IPA^(key): [ne̞zɨᵝmʲiko̞ː]

Noun

ネズミ講(こう) • (nezumikō) ^{←ねずみかう (nezumikau)^?}

(colloquial) a pyramid scheme

Synonyms

無(む)限(げん)連(れん)鎖(さ)講(こう) (mugen rensakō, legal term, literally “infinite chain association”)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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