倶楽部

See also: 俱樂部 and 俱乐部

Japanese
Kanji in this term
倶 楽 部
く
Hyōgaiji		 らく > ら
Grade: 2		 ぶ
Grade: 3
on’yomi Irregular on’yomi

Etymology

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
  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

倶楽部 (katakana クラブ, rōmaji kurabu)

  1. a club (as an association or group of people)

Usage notes

More commonly spelled in katakana, as クラブ.

Descendants

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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