モブ

also: モッブ

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Meanings

Refers to a large, often disorderly group of people. Can carry a negative nuance of an unruly crowd.

Only with reading モブ

In manga, anime, and video games, refers to unnamed background characters or generic enemies (mobs). The reading モッブ is not used for this sense.

〈場ば所しょ〉にモブが集あつまるa mob/crowd gathers at a place
駅えき前まえにモブが集あつまっていた。
A crowd had gathered in front of the station.
モブとして登とう場じょうするto appear as a background character
彼かれはこのアニメにモブとして登とう場じょうする。
He appears in this anime as a background character.
モブに徹てっするto fully commit to playing a background/extra role
その俳はい優ゆうは今こん回かいモブに徹てっしていた。
That actor fully committed to playing a background character this time.

群ぐん衆しゅうN1sense 1
群衆 is a neutral, formal word for a crowd, while モブ carries a more casual or negative 'unruly mob' nuance.
端は役やく sense 2
端役 is a theater/film term for a minor supporting role, while モブ specifically refers to unnamed background characters in manga, anime, or games.
野や次じ馬うま sense 1
野次馬 specifically means onlookers or rubberneckers gathering at an incident, while モブ is a broader term for any large disorderly crowd.
暴ぼう徒と sense 1
暴徒 refers to a violent, rioting mob, whereas モブ can describe any large crowd without necessarily implying violence.

主しゅ人じん公こうN2sense 2
主人公 is the protagonist or main character, the direct opposite of モブ, the nameless background character.

Borrowed from English 'mob'. The variant モッブ reflects an attempt to represent the English short 'o' sound, but モブ is the standard adaptation.