together with; including; -wide
Attaches to nouns to mean 'including that thing' or 'together with that thing'. Often used in phrases like 家族ぐるみ (including the whole family) or 町ぐるみ (town-wide).
We went on a trip with the whole family.
In this town, the whole family pitches in together to prepare for the festival.
A town-wide event was held.
The whole town is working together on environmental protection.
Fraud involving the entire company came to light.
stuffed toy; plush toy; soft toy
all one has; all one's possessions
whole; entire; all · covering entirely
Derived from the verb 包む (くるむ, 'to wrap'), with rendaku voicing. The suffix ぐるみ literally means 'wrapping up together', extended to mean 'including' or 'together with'.