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クラブ Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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ご
、
サッカークラブ
の
練れん
習しゅう
に
行い
く
。
After school, I go to soccer club practice.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 がクラブに 入はい る for someone to join a club
She joined the tennis club.
クラブを 作つく る to start or found a club
I started a photography club with my friends.
クラブに 参さん 加か する to take part in a club
I take part in the club every Wednesday.
クラブを 辞や める to quit a club
I quit the soccer club because I got injured.
Kanji 俱 all, together, accompany Related words サークル is typically a casual university hobby group, while クラブ can be more formal or established, including school and social clubs.
部活 specifically means school club activities in middle/high school, whereas クラブ is broader and also covers adult and social clubs.
Written forms クラブ Usage 92%
Standard modern spelling; usually written in kana.
倶く 楽ら 部ぶ Usage 7%
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)
Ateji spelling; rarely used in modern Japanese. The word is almost always written in katakana.
俱く 楽ら 部ぶ Usage 2%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant with 俱.
Etymology Borrowed from English 'club'. The ateji spelling 倶楽部 uses characters for 'together', 'pleasure', and 'section', chosen for their sound rather than meaning.