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合唱団 (gasshoudan) Japanese meaning: chorus group | Kotomora

合がっ唱しょう団だん

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Common word›JLPTN1›

Meanings

1

chorus group; choir

Refers to an organized singing group, typically a choir or chorus. Can be used for school, community, or professional groups.

彼かの女じょは学がっ校こうの合がっ唱しょう団だんに入はいっている。

She is in the school choir.

合がっ唱しょう団だんの練れん習しゅうは毎まい週しゅう水すい曜よう日びにある。

Choir practice is every Wednesday.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が合がっ唱しょう団だんに入はいるfor someone to join a choir
彼かの女じょは中ちゅう学がっ校こうで合がっ唱しょう団だんに入はいった。
She joined the choir in middle school.
合がっ唱しょう団だんで歌うたうto sing in a choir
毎まい週しゅう土ど曜よう日びに合がっ唱しょう団だんで歌うたっている。
I sing in a choir every Saturday.
合がっ唱しょう団だんを結けっ成せいするto form a choir
先せん生せいたちは学がっ校こうで新あたらしい合がっ唱しょう団だんを結けっ成せいした。
The teachers formed a new choir at the school.
合がっ唱しょう団だんを指し揮きするto conduct a choir
有ゆう名めいな指し揮き者しゃがその合がっ唱しょう団だんを指し揮きしている。
A famous conductor is conducting that choir.

Kanji

合fit, suit, join
唱chant, recite, call upon
団group, association

Related words

コーラスN2
コーラス is a casual loanword for a chorus or chorus group, while 合唱団 is the more formal term for an organized choir.
聖せい歌か隊たい
聖歌隊 specifically means a church choir that sings hymns, while 合唱団 is the general term for any choir group.
クワイア
合唱団 is the standard, native Japanese word for a choir, while クワイア is a loanword often used for Western-style or church choirs.

Don't confuse with

合がっ唱しょうN1
合唱団 is the organized group of singers, while 合唱 is the act of singing together or the performance itself.

Counted with

組くみN3
Used for groups of people; in this case it is more natural than generic counters.

Built from

合がっ唱しょう+団だん

Etymology

Compound of 合唱 (がっしょう, 'chorus singing') and 団 (だん, 'group'). The reading がっしょう is a regular sound change from 合 (がっ) + 唱 (しょう).