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jmdict 1268400 Active (id: 2282578)
五人組 [news2,nf36]
ごにんぐみ [news2,nf36]
1. [n]
▶ five-family unit
▶ five-man group
▶ quintet
2. [n] [arch]
▶ five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period)



History:
3. A 2023-11-09 00:42:52  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -23 +23 @@
-<gloss>five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.) (Edo period)</gloss>
+<gloss>five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period)</gloss>
2. A 2023-11-08 22:28:56  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: 〔江戸時代の〕 a five-household neighborhood unit of the Tokugawa period.
Koj, Daijr/s
  Comments:
Also "The Five" Russian composers.
  Diff:
@@ -22,4 +22,2 @@
-<misc>&hist;</misc>
-<gloss>a primitive policing system where peasants were communally responsible for others in their "group" (which did not necessarily number five people)</gloss>
-<gloss>frankpledge</gloss>
-<gloss>tithing</gloss>
+<misc>&arch;</misc>
+<gloss>five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.) (Edo period)</gloss>
1. A* 2023-09-22 00:47:19 
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/五人組_(日本史)
  Comments:
frankpledge and tithing are olde tyme English words for the same thing; not sure how many people would actually search for it but seems harmless to throw them in
  Diff:
@@ -19,0 +20,7 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<misc>&hist;</misc>
+<gloss>a primitive policing system where peasants were communally responsible for others in their "group" (which did not necessarily number five people)</gloss>
+<gloss>frankpledge</gloss>
+<gloss>tithing</gloss>
+</sense>

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