"サークル" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [sa̠ːkɯ̟ɾɯ̟] Forms: sākuru [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English circle. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ja|en|circle}} Borrowed from English circle Head templates: {{ja-noun}} サークル • (sākuru)
  1. circle (geometric shape)
    Sense id: en-サークル-ja-noun-yGlhu6EV Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Doujin Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 46 5 49 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 40 30 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 53 9 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 51 9 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 51 9 40 Disambiguation of Doujin: 33 33 33
  2. circle (group of people with a common goal or interest)
    Sense id: en-サークル-ja-noun-dDeyASwF Categories (other): Doujin Disambiguation of Doujin: 33 33 33
  3. circle (group of people with a common goal or interest)
    circle (group that produces dōjin works)
    Sense id: en-サークル-ja-noun-wSCGtpFH Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Doujin Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 46 5 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 11 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 5 82 Disambiguation of Doujin: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: 同人サークル (dōjin sākuru) (ruby: 同(どう), 人(じん)) (english: dōjin circle), 個人サークル (kojin sākuru) (ruby: 個(こ), 人(じん)) (english: one-man dōjin circle)

Alternative forms

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