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寄り合い所帯 (よりあいじょたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
motley collection of people ; scratch team ; hodgepodge group
Describes a group or organization formed by bringing together people from diverse, often incompatible backgrounds, like a makeshift household or a team thrown together from different parties. Often carries a nuance of disunity or lack of cohesion.
閣かく
は
寄よ
り
合あ
い
所帯じょたい
で
、
政せい
策さく
の
一いっ
貫かん
性せい
が
心しん
配ぱい
だ
。
The new cabinet is a hodgepodge of factions, raising concerns about policy consistency.
Written forms 寄よ り 合あ い 所じょ 帯たい
Standard spelling with okurigana; preferred for clarity.
寄より 合あい 所じょ 帯たい
Variant without okurigana; less common but still seen.
Kanji 寄 draw near, stop in, bring near Similar words 烏う 合ごう の 衆しゅう 烏合の衆 refers to a disorderly mob or rabble, emphasizing lack of discipline and organization, while 寄り合い所帯 focuses on the heterogeneous, makeshift nature of a group assembled from disparate elements.
混こん 成せい 混成 means 'mixed composition' and is a more neutral, descriptive term for something made up of different components, without the negative nuance of disunity often implied by 寄り合い所帯.
Etymology Compound of 寄り合い (gathering, meeting) and 所帯 (household). Literally 'a household formed by gathering together', it figuratively denotes a group or organization cobbled together from diverse, often mismatched members.
