窓際族

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

窓(まど)際(ぎわ)族(ぞく) • (madogiwazoku) 

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

References

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