Illustration: Outside a neighborhood bowling alley, four friends in matching amateur team jackets bunch together around one phone, laughing so hard that two lean against each other.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

連れん中ちゅう

renchuu

bunch of people, crowd

Familiar and often disparaging. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. あの連中れんちゅうには近ちかづいてはいけないよ。

    You must steer clear of that gang.

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  2. 彼かれらはそんなに悪わるい連中れんちゅうではない。

    They aren’t such a bad lot.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. あんな連中れんちゅうには我慢がまんがならない。

    I cannot abide such people.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 連中

  • 連take along; leadOnレンKunつらなる・つらねる・つれる
  • 中in; insideOnチュウKunなか・うち・あたる

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