グループ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English group.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) グループ [gùrúꜜùpù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]

IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝːpɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

グループ (rōmaji gurūpu)

a group

Synonyms

集 (しゅう)団 (だん) (shūdan) (most general)
組 (くみ) (kumi) (for a particular purpose)
班 (はん) (han) (a smaller group composed of the members of a larger group)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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