窓際族

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窓際族

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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

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN