五人組

ごにんぐみ

Meanings

1. Noun five-family unit; five-man group; quintet
2. five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period)

Kanji

• 五 five. Read as ゴ.
• 人 person. Read as ニン.
• 組 assemble. Read as くみ.

Words containing 五人組

• ロシア五人組 (ロシアごにんぐみ) The Five (circle of Russian composers: Balakirev, Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin)

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