かちぐみ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
勝ち組 勝組

Etymology

From 勝(か)ち (kachi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 勝(か)つ (katsu).”) + 組(くみ) (kumi). The kumi changes to gumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かちぐみ [kàchígúmí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠t͡ɕiɡɯ̟ᵝmʲi]

Noun

かちぐみ • (kachigumi) ^{←かちぐみ (katigumi)?}

1. winners
2. (Brazil, historical) those who denied Japanese defeat in WWII

   Synonyms: 戦勝派 (literally “camp of victory in war”), 信念派 (literally “belief camp”)

Antonyms

• 負(ま)け組(ぐみ) (makegumi, “losers”)

Related terms

• 勝者(しょうしゃ) (shōsha)