Vocabulary

What does 組 (くみ, kumi) mean?

組 (くみ, kumi) means group, class, set.

Quick facts
Readingくみ
Romajikumi
Part of speechnoun, noun suffix
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N3
くみ
N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonkumi

group, class, set

  1. 1noun · noun suffix class (of students)
  2. 2noun · noun suffix · counter group (of people); party; team
  3. 3noun · noun suffix lot; bunch; set
  4. 4noun · noun suffix crime family; organized-crime syndicate
  5. 5noun · noun suffix · counter set (of items); assortment; deck (of cards)

Example sentences

  • I'm a student in class 2 of the third grade.

  • Please form a group of five people.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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