応援団

Japanese

Kanji in this term
応	援	団
おう Grade: 5	えん Grade: S	だん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
應援團 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

応援 (ōen, “support; cheer(ing)”) +‎ 団 (-dan, “group”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おーえ​んだん [òóéꜜǹdàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːẽ̞ndã̠ɴ]

Noun

応(おう)援(えん)団(だん) • (ōendan) 

1. cheer group
   • 2015 August 3, Daniel Morales, “Jiko-PR gives job seekers a rare chance to brag in Japanese”, in The Japan Times‎^[1] (in English), retrieved 2023-04-11:

     My own theory [...] is that the jiko-PR tradition is strongly intertwined with the ōendan (応援団, cheerleading team) and bukatsu (部活, school club/sports) culture in Japanese schools.