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隣組 (となりぐみ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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えん
習しゅう
や
物ぶっ
資し
の
配はい
給きゅう
で
重じゅう
要よう
な
役やく
割わり
を
果は
たし
た
。
During the war, tonarigumi played an important role in air-raid drills and ration distribution.
The tonarigumi system was established by the Home Ministry in 1940.
Kanji 組 association, braid, plait Related words 町ちょう 内ない 会かい Modern neighborhood association for community events and mutual aid, whereas 隣組 was a wartime organization with government-mandated functions.
五ご 人にん 組ぐみ Edo-period collective responsibility system; 隣組 was a 20th-century revival of similar mutual surveillance principles.
Written forms 隣となり 組ぐみ Usage 89%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
隣とな り 組ぐみ Usage 10%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.
となりぐみ Usage 1%
Etymology Compound of 隣 (となり, 'neighbor') and 組 (くみ, 'group, association'), with rendaku voicing of くみ to ぐみ.
