窓際族

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
まど
Grade: 6
きわ > ぎわ
Grade: 5
ぞく
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of 窓際 (madogiwa, by the window) +‎ (zoku, group (of people))

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) どぎわぞく [màdógíwáꜜzòkù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠do̞ɡʲiβ̞a̠zo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

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(まど)(ぎわ)(ぞく) (madogiwazoku

  1. those who are given desk work, who are left out of the loop, as a form of constructive dismissal.

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN