村むら社しゃ会かい

noun

village community; insular community; closed society

Refers to a traditional, hierarchical, conservative, and exclusive community, often with strong internal bonds and resistance to outsiders. Used both literally for rural villages and metaphorically for any tight-knit, exclusionary group.

• 日本にほんの村むら社しゃ会かいでは、よそ者ものがなかなか受うけ入いれられないことがある。

  In Japanese village communities, outsiders may find it hard to be accepted.

• あの会かい社しゃは村むら社しゃ会かいみたいで、新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いんが馴な染じむのに時じ間かんがかかる。

  That company is like an insular community, and it takes time for new employees to fit in.

noun

ring; cartel; clique

Extended meaning: a closed, collusive group within an organization or industry, often with negative connotations of exclusivity and unfair practices.

• 業ぎょう界かいの村むら社しゃ会かいが談だん合ごうを繰くり返かえしていた。

  The industry's cartel repeatedly engaged in bid-rigging.

• 政せい界かいにはいくつもの村むら社しゃ会かいが存そん在ざいする。

  There are many cliques in the political world.