烏う合ごう

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

disorderly gathering; motley crowd; rabble

Almost exclusively used in the set phrase 烏合の衆 (うごうのしゅう), meaning a disorderly mob or an undisciplined crowd. Rarely appears outside this compound.

• 彼かれらは烏う合ごうの衆しゅうに過すぎない。

  They are nothing more than a disorderly mob.

• 烏う合ごうの衆しゅうでは、組そ織しき的てきな行こう動どうはとれない。

  A motley crowd cannot take organized action.