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連中

れんちゅう

that lot; those guys; the bunch of them; company

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Examples

  1. あの連中には近づいてはいけないよ。

    あのれんちゅうにはちかづいてはいけないよ。

    You must steer clear of that lot.

  2. 若い連中は夜遅くまで騒いでいた。

    わかいれんちゅうはよるおそくまでさわいでいた。

    The young ones were making noise until late at night.

  3. あの連中に任せておいたら、仕事はいつまでも終わらない。

    あのれんちゅうにまかせておいたら、しごとはいつまでもおわらない。

    If we leave it to that bunch, the job will never get finished.

Common patterns

あの連中
that lot
若い連中
the young ones
連中のやり方
the way those people do things

Memory tip

Blunt and usually contemptuous or roughly familiar: fine among friends, never for anyone you must be polite to, where 方々 or 皆さん is required. The reading here is れんちゅう; れんじゅう survives mainly for a troupe of performers.

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