单词 | tonari gumi |
释义 | tonari gumin. A neighbourhood association in Japan, formed of groups of families who assume responsibility for their own community affairs. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > local government body > [noun] > neighbourhood council in Japan tonari gumi1947 1947 R. Benedict Chrysanthemum & Sword iv. 82 Japan had, like China, tiny units of five to ten families, called in recent times the tonari gumi, which were the smallest responsible units of the population. 1958 W. J. H. Sprott Human Groups 93 In Japanese cities they have associations called tonari-gumi, made up of from ten to twenty households. 1980 ‘J. Melville’ Chrysanthemum Chain 119 People who lived nearby..members of Murrow's tonari~gumi or neighbourhood association. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1947 |
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