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])[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠t͡ɕiɡɯ̟ᵝmʲi]

Noun

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

winners
(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”)[2]

Antonyms

負(ま)け組(ぐみ) (makegumi, “losers”)

Related terms

勝者(しょうしゃ) (shōsha)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
https://www.ndl.go.jp/brasil/s6/s6_1.html

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