無限連鎖講

Japanese

FWOTD – 12 August 2018
Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
げん
Grade: 5
れん
Grade: 4

Grade: S
こう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 無限 (mugen, infinite) + 連鎖 (rensa, chain) + (, association).[1]

Pronunciation

  • On’yomi: Goon
    • (Tokyo) げんれんさこー [mùgéń réńsáꜜkòò] (Nakadaka – [6])[1]
    • (Tokyo) げんれんさこー [mùgéń réńsákóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞n ɾẽ̞ɰ̃sa̠ko̞ː]

Noun

無限連鎖講 (hiragana むげんれんさこう, rōmaji mugen rensakō, historical hiragana むげんれんさかう)

  1. (law) a pyramid scheme
     (ほう) (りつ) (じょう) () (げん) (れん) () (こう)とよばれる () (ほう) (こう) ()です。
    Hōritsujō wa mugen rensakō to yobareru ihō kōi desu.
    They are legally considered criminal pyramid schemes.

Synonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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