Group - Renju

Japanese: 連中 - れんじゅう

〘noun〙① companion. comrade. group of people. a group of people. Also, to be together. to be friends. to make friends. renchu. ※Rokuon Nikki - September 3, 1599 (Keicho 4) "At the venue, there was _a _renga recital. <omitted> Shochi, Shoha, and Yajiro were also there, so I went straight to _meet _them ." ※Imogayu (1916) from Akutagawa Ryunosuke "The group (renjiu) in the samurai's office" _② _A troupe of musicians and other performers. ※Kakuhon Furai Rokubushu (1780), Part 2 of Hohironron "He changed his name to Shikoku Saruhei and joined a group of farting performers, attending meetings with the irino-renjiu group." ③ A crowd of spectators at a play, music performance, etc., who are a particular group of fans. ※ Storybook: Wings of a Thousand Miles (1773) - Accumulations: "Hidetsuru Nakamura has just come to work, and here is what he has accumulated since his retirement."

Ren-chu [group]

〘 noun 〙 = Renjū (group of people) ① [Wa-Ei Renjū (Japanese-English Forest Collection) (First Edition) (1867)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① つれ。仲間。くみの人々。ひとかたまりの人々。また、つれだつこと。仲間であること。仲間にすること。れんちゅう。※鹿苑日録‐慶長四年（1599）九月三日「於_二如水_一有_二連歌_一。〈略〉其席に昌叱・紹巴・彌二郎も連中故に、直に赴_二一安_一相逢」※芋粥（1916）〈芥川龍之介〉「侍所にゐる連中(レンヂウ)は」② 音曲その他演芸の一座。※滑稽本・風来六部集（1780）放屁論後編「四国猿平と改名し屁撒芸の仲間へ入り、芋連中(レンヂウ)と参会して」③ 芝居や音曲などの見物客で、特定のひいき仲間。※咄本・千里の翅（1773）積もの「中村秀鶴、此たび出勤につき、れんぢうよりのつみものに」