取とり巻まき連れん中ちゅう

noun

entourage; cronies; hangers-on

Refers to a group of people who surround and follow someone, often with a slightly negative or dismissive tone implying they are sycophants or lackeys. The word 取り巻き means 'surrounding' and 連中 is a casual, sometimes derogatory term for a group.

• 社しゃ長ちょうはいつも取とり巻まき連れん中ちゅうに囲かこまれている。

  The company president is always surrounded by his entourage.

• あの政せい治じ家かの取とり巻まき連れん中ちゅうは、いつもお世せ辞じばかり言いっている。

  That politician's cronies are always just flattering him.