まけぐみ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
負け組敗け組負組敗組

Etymology

From 負(ま)け (make, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 負(ま)ける (makeru).”) + 組(くみ) (kumi). The kumi changes to gumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ma̠ke̞ɡɯ̟ᵝmʲi]

Noun

まけぐみ • (makegumi) ^{←まけぐみ (makegumi)^?}

losers, dropout
(Brazil, historical) those who accepted Japanese defeat in WWII
Synonyms: 認識派 (literally “recognition camp”), (derogatory) 敗希派 (literally “camp that hopes for defeat”)[1]

Antonyms

勝(か)ち組(ぐみ) (kachigumi, “winners”)

Related terms

敗者(はいしゃ) (haisha)

References

https://www.ndl.go.jp/brasil/s6/s6_1.html

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