幽ゆう霊れい部ぶ員いん

noun

ghost club member; inactive club member

Jocular term for a student who is officially enrolled in a school club but never participates in activities. Often used self-deprecatingly or humorously. Compare 帰宅部 (going-home club) for students who join no club at all.

See also: 帰宅部

• 彼かれは一いち応おうサッカー部ぶだけど、幽ゆう霊れい部ぶ員いんだから練れん習しゅうには一いち度ども来きたことがない。

  He's technically in the soccer club, but he's a ghost member and has never come to practice.

• 私わたしも高こう校こうのときは幽ゆう霊れい部ぶ員いんで、部ぶ費ひだけ払はらってた。

  I was also a ghost club member in high school; I just paid the club fee.