also: ぐみ
noun, noun, used as a suffix
class of students
Used for a school or kindergarten class. As a suffix in class names it may be read ぐみ, especially after a name such as さくら組.
弟は今年、さくら組に入った。
My younger brother entered the Sakura class this year.
Used for people treated as one unit, including work teams, travel parties, and groups divided by role or timing. It can also function as a counter for such groups.
作業員は二組に分かれて点検した。
The workers split into two teams and carried out the inspection.
私たちは現地集合組とバス組に分かれた。
We split into the group meeting there and the group taking the bus.
noun, noun, used as a suffix
set; lot; bunch; assortment; deck or pack
Covers things grouped as one unit. As a counter, it is used for complete sets or assortments of items, including a deck or pack of cards.
来客用の食器を二組買った。
I bought two sets of dishes for guests.
このトランプは一組そろっている。
This deck of cards is complete.
noun, noun, used as a suffix
organized-crime syndicate; crime family
Used in the context of yakuza or organized crime; often appears in names of syndicates or when referring to a group by its organization.
あの組は関西を拠点とする暴力団だ。
That syndicate is an organized-crime group based in Kansai.
noun
Printing and publishing term for the way text is set or composed on a page. Modern writing also often uses more specific compounds such as 縦組み and 横組み.
校正前に、本文の組みを確認した。
Before proofreading, I checked the typesetting of the body text.
この本は縦組みで印刷されている。
This book is printed in vertical composition.