応援団

Japanese

Kanji in this term
応 援 団
おう
Grade: 5 		えん
Grade: S 		だん
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
應援團 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

応援 (ōen, “support; cheer(ing)”) +‎ 団 (-dan, “group”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おーえんだん [òóéꜜǹdàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːẽ̞ndã̠ɴ]

Noun

応(おう)援(えん)団(だん) • (ōendan) 

  1. cheer group
    • 2015 August 3, Daniel Morales, “Jiko-PR gives job seekers a rare chance to brag in Japanese”, in The Japan Times‎[1] (in English), retrieved 11 April 2023:
      My own theory [...] is that the jiko-PR tradition is strongly intertwined with the ōendan (応援団, cheerleading team) and bukatsu (部活, school club/sports) culture in Japanese schools.
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