倶楽部
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | ||
---|---|---|
倶 | 楽 | 部 |
く Hyōgaiji (ateji) |
らく > ら Grade: 2 (ateji) |
ぶ Grade: 3 (ateji) |
on’yomi | irregular | on’yomi |
Alternative spellings |
---|
倶樂部 (kyūjitai) 俱楽部 |
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English club, in reference to an association or group of people.[1][2]
The spelling is ateji (当て字), apparently from the early Meiji period, chosen for the senses of 倶 (ku, on'yomi; also a kun'yomi of tomo as in “together”) + 楽 (ra, irregular on'yomi, usually raku; also a kun'yomi of tanoshimu as in “to enjoy”) + 部 (bu, “part; division; section; department”, imparting a sense of “smaller group of people”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- a club (as an association or group of people)
- タモリ倶楽部
- tamori kurabu
- Tamori Club
- タモリ倶楽部
Usage notes[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Chinese: 俱樂部/俱乐部 (jùlèbù)
- → Korean: 구락부 (gurakbu)
- → Vietnamese: câu lạc bộ
References[edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with ateji
- Japanese terms spelled with 倶
- Japanese terms spelled with 楽
- Japanese terms spelled with 部 read as ぶ
- Japanese terms borrowed from English
- Japanese terms derived from English
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgaiji kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters
- Japanese terms with usage examples
- Japanese phono-semantic matchings from English