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ギルド (girudo) Japanese meaning: guild | Kotomora

ギルド

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ド

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Meanings

1

Refers to a medieval trade association or a modern organization of people with shared interests, often used in fantasy/gaming contexts.

中ちゅう世せいヨーロッパでは、商しょう人にんたちがギルドを結けっ成せいした。

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉ギルドに加か入にゅうするto join a guild
彼かれは冒ぼう険けん者しゃギルドに加か入にゅうした。
He joined the adventurers' guild.
ギルドを

Related words

組くみ合あいN3
組合 is the general Japanese word for a union or association, while ギルド specifically evokes a medieval European trade guild or modern hobbyist/gaming group.
協きょう会かいN1
協会 refers to a formal, often officially registered association or society, whereas ギルド carries a more historical or niche-community flavor.
団だん体たいN3
団体 is a broad, neutral term for any group or organization, while ギルド specifically implies a trade or interest-based fellowship with shared craft or purpose.

Word family

In medieval Europe, merchants formed guilds.

オンラインゲームでギルドに参さん加かする。

I join a guild in an online game.

結けっ

成せい

する

to form a guild

職しょく人にんたちは新あたらしいギルドを結けっ成せいした。

The craftsmen formed a new guild.

ギルドに所しょ属ぞくするto belong to a guild

彼かの女じょは魔ま法ほう使つかいギルドに所しょ属ぞくしている。

She belongs to the wizards' guild.

ギルド社しゃ会かい主しゅ義ぎ
guild socialism

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'guild'.