団だん体たい

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

A collective of people acting together, often for a specific purpose or activity. Can refer to tour groups, sports teams, delegations, etc.

旅りょ行こうは団だん体たいで申もうし込こむと安やすくなります。
If you apply as a group, the trip becomes cheaper.
彼かれは団だん体たいの一いち員いんとして訪ほう日にちした。
He visited Japan as a member of the group.

noun

organization; association; body

A formally structured entity such as a non-profit, labor union, or corporate body. More institutional than sense 1.

その団だん体たいは環かん境きょう保ほ護ごを目もく的てきとしている。
The organization aims at environmental protection.
彼かれは地ち域いきのボランティア団だん体たいで活かつ動どうしている。
He is active in a local volunteer organization.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が団だん体たいを結けっ成せいするfor people to form a group/organization
学がく生せいたちがボランティア団だん体たいを結けっ成せいした。
The students formed a volunteer organization.
団だん体たいに加か入にゅうするto join an organization
彼かれはある人じん権けん団だん体たいに加か入にゅうした。
He joined a human rights organization.
団だん体たいで〈動どう詞し〉to do something as a group
団だん体たいで観かん光こう地ちを回まわった。
We toured the sightseeing spots as a group.

Kanji

団group, association
体body, substance, object

Related words· 10

グループN4sense 1
グループ is a casual, everyday word for any small set of people or things, while 団体 implies a more organized or official collective with a shared purpose.
組そ織しきN3sense 2
組織 highlights the systematic structure and internal hierarchy of a body, whereas 団体 simply names the collective entity itself.
集しゅう団だんN3sense 1
集団 is a neutral, often descriptive term for any mass or cluster of people acting together, while 団体 suggests a more formally recognized group.
会かいN3
団体 emphasizes an organized group or body acting together, while 会 as 'society/club' focuses on the shared-interest association itself.

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協きょう会かいN1
団体 is a broad word for any group or organization, while 協会 specifically implies a formal association or society built around a shared field or purpose.
結けっ社しゃ
団体 is a broad, everyday word for any group or organization, while 結社 specifically emphasizes the formal act of forming an association, often with legal or political overtones.
機き関かんN3
団体 is a more casual word for a group or association, while 機関 implies a formally established institution with an official role.
一いっ行こうN1
団体 refers to an organized, often institutional group, whereas 一行 usually describes a temporary party of people moving or acting together for one occasion.
組くみ合あいN3
団体 is a broad, neutral word for any organized group (e.g., a tour group or NPO), while 組合 specifically implies members joining for mutual economic or labor interests.
ギルド
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.

Opposites

個こ人じんN3sense 1
個人 refers to a single individual, directly contrasting with 団体, which refers to a collective group of people.

Don't confuse with

団だん地ちN2
団地 means a housing complex, while 団体 means a group or organization; the two share the kanji 団 but refer to completely different things.

Word family· 57

団だん体たい旅りょ行こうN3
group travel; group tour
団だん体たい競きょう技ぎN2
team sports; team competition
団だん体たい名めい
organization name; corporate name
団だん体たい客きゃく
group customer; party of tourists; group guest
団だん体たい戦せん
team competition; team match

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交こう戦せん団だん体たい
belligerent community; armed resistance group
人じん権けん団だん体たい
human rights organization
任にん侠きょう団だん体たい
yakuza group; chivalrous organization
任にん意い団だん体たい
unincorporated association; voluntary organization
保ほ護ご団だん体たい
conservation group; protection organization

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Etymology

Compound of 団 (group, association) and 体 (body, entity). The term has been used since the Meiji era to translate Western concepts of organized groups and corporate bodies.