チームchiimu

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounteam
    サッカーのチームはトムによって引率いんそつされる。↗
    The soccer team is led by Tom.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym組くみNeutralFor school classes and groups people are divided into, as in 「三年二組」 or 「赤組」; 「チーム」 is mostly for teams that play matches or work together.
  • Synonym班はんNeutralA small unit split off to carry out a task, as in 「調査班」 or 「救護班」; it carries a sense of official assignment and division of duties.
  • SynonymクラブNeutralAn association formed around a shared interest, as in 「サッカークラブ」; the focus is on the organization and its members, and it need not compete.
  • SynonymナインNeutralA sports-reporting term for all the players of a baseball team; it is used for baseball only.
  • Antonym個人こじんNeutralA single person, as opposed to a collective; contrast 「チーム戦」 with 「個人戦」.

「チーム」 for teams that play matches or work together; 「組」 for school classes and groups people are split into, 「班」 for units assigned a task, 「クラブ」 for interest-based clubs, 「ナイン」 for a baseball team in sports coverage; 「個人」 is the opposite: a single person.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 試合しあいや競技きょうぎをするそれぞれの一団いちだん。
  2. 仕事しごとや研究けんきゅうを同おなじくする集団しゅうだん、班はん、組くみ。
  3. 1990年ねん代だいを中心ちゅうしんに繁華街はんかがいをたむろした不良ふりょう集団しゅうだん。チーマー。
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