Japanese
| Kanji in this term
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| 集
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落
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しゅう Grade: 3
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らく Grade: 3
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| on'yomi
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Etymology
/sipuraku/ → /siɸuraku/ → */siwuraku/ → /siuraku/ → /syuːraku/.
集 is a daiyōji replacing 聚.
Pronunciation
Noun
集落 • (shūraku) ←しふらく (sifuraku)?
- a place where people gather to live their lives; a village or hamlet