particle N1 uncommon casualwritten
〜ぐるみ — the whole ~ together
〜ぐるみ ・ ぐるみ
Meaning
- the whole ~ together / ~-wide — involving every member of a group as a single unit
Key sentence
あの二家族は家族ぐるみで付き合っている。
Those two families socialize as whole families together.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Noun (a group or organization) | N + ぐるみ | 町ぐるみ |
Examples
会社ぐるみで不正を隠していた。
The fraud was being covered up company-wide.
地域ぐるみで子どもを見守っている。
The whole community watches over the children together.
When you can't use it
- Attaches to a noun naming a group or body (家族, 町, 会社, 組織). Not to an individual or an arbitrary noun (× 一人ぐるみ).
Notes
- Often a collective effort or, negatively, a collective wrongdoing (会社ぐるみの犯行).
See 〜ぐるみ in real sentences
Jengo shows 〜ぐるみ the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled from published Japanese grammar references.