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団 [(1)だん] meaning: group rank: 3
☆ 暴力団 ⇨ A violence group, mafia (☛ Typically a large group)
☆ 楽団 ⇨ A musical band, orchestra (☛ Typically a large group)
More examples:
- 彼女は楽団でフルートを吹いている ⇨ She plays the flute in an orchestra
- 彼は団子っ鼻をしている ⇨ He has a big round nose
- 彼女は座布団に座っている ⇨ She is sitting on a cushion
- ぬくぬくの布団から出たくない ⇨ I don’t want to get out of warm and comfy futon
- オリンピックに先立って代表選手団の壮行会が行われた ⇨ A send-off ceremony was held for the national team preceding, right before, the Olympics
- 彼女は団扇を扇いだ ⇨ She fanned herself with a hand fan
- 暴力団が被害者を脅して金を巻き上げた ⇨ The mafia extorted money from the victims
- 警察が暴力団事務所をガサ入れした ⇨ Police searched the yakuza office
- 彼女は先頭集団に追いついた ⇨ She caught up with the leading group
- 中国の曲芸団 ⇨ A chinese acrobatic team
- 億万長者の球団オーナーが更に儲けるために税金で野球場をつくるなんて実にバカらしい ⇨ It is really stupid to build a stadium with tax money so that a billionaire owner can make more money
- 彼は暴力団の親分に伸し上がった ⇨ He shot through the ranks became the boss of the mafia
- 羽毛布団 ⇨ A down comforter
- 警察は暴力団から銃器を押収した ⇨ The police confiscated firearms from the mafia
- 掛け布団と敷布団 ⇨ A blanket and a (sleeping) mattress