無む尽じん組くみ合あい

noun

loan association; mutual financing association

A traditional Japanese mutual financing group where members contribute regular payments and take turns receiving the pooled funds. The term is somewhat dated; modern equivalents are often called 無尽会社 or simply 無尽.

• 昔むかしは無む尽じん組くみ合あいで家いえを建たてる資し金きんを調ちょう達たつした。

  In the past, people raised funds to build a house through a loan association.