グンタマ

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Japanese

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Etymology

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Blend of 群馬 (Gunma) +‎ 埼玉 (Saitama).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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グンタマ or ぐんたま (Guntama

  1. (informal, derogatory, sometimes humorous) the area encompassing Gunma and Saitama prefectures
    • 2013, Kato Miaki, Teddy go! Are you Teddy?, volume 2, page iii:
      その(うえ)ここは(さい)(たま)。「ダさいたま」「ぐんたまちばらき」(とう)(とう)(べっ)(しょう)もある(しゅ)()(けん)(いっ)()(さん)(けん)のいじめられ()
      Sono ue koko wa Saitama. “Dasaitama” “Guntama-Chibaraki” tōtō no besshō mo aru shutoken itto-sanken no ijimerare ko.
      Furthermore, this is Saitama. The bullied child of the Tokyo metro region is given such derogatory nicknames as “Dasaitama” or “Guntama-Chibaraki”.
    • 2015 March 17, Hatsuki Izayoi [username], “Ima demo Chibaraki toka Guntama toka iu hito wa irun deshō ka [Are there still people who say things like ‘Chibaraki’ and ‘Guntama’?]”, in Yahoo! Chiebukuro[1], archived from the original on 31 October 2021:
      ()()にはディズニーランドも(なり)()(くう)(こう)もあるから()()(ほう)()(かい)(さい)(たま)なんて(ぐん)()(おな)じようなもの」という()()(さい)(たま)のことを「グンタマ」と()います。
      “Chiba ni wa Dizunīrando mo Narita kūkō mo aru kara Chiba no hō ga tokai. Saitama nante Gunma to onaji yō na mono” to iu imi de Saitama no koto o “Guntama” to iimasu.
      “Chiba has Disneyland and Narita airport, so Chiba is urban. But Saitama is just like Gunma,” so Saitama is called “Guntama”.
    • 2019 February 27, “Eiga ‘tonde Saitama’: ‘Bakushō, naite,…’, chiiki sa e no kando kyōdo ai hakaru ichijo ni [Movie ‘Flight to Saitama’: ‘Laughter, tears,...’ a measure of regional loyalty and love of hometown]”, in Nippon.com[2]:
      おしゃれな(まち)(よこ)(はま)(かま)(くら))や(しょう)(なん)エリアを(よう)(いち)(もく)()かれる()()(がわ)は「(べっ)(かく)」として、(とう)(きょう)から「グンタマ-チバラキ」((ぐん)()(さい)(たま)()()(いばら)())と(いち)くくりにされる(ほか)(かん)(とう)4(よん)(けん)()(ろん)のあるはずもない。
      Oshare na machi (Yokohama, Kamakura) ya Shōnan eria o yō shi ichimoku okareru Kanagawa wa “bekkaku” to shite, Tōkyō kara “Guntama-Chibaraki” (Gunma Saitama - Chiba Ibaraki) to ichi kukuri ni sareru hoka no Kantō yon-ken ni iron no aru hazu mo nai.
      With fashionable towns (Yokohama, Kamakura) and the Shonan area, Kanagawa is “special”, but from the point of view of Tokyo there is no differentiating among “Guntama-Chibaraki” (Gunma and Saitama, Chiba and Ibaraki), Kanto’s other four prefectures are all one lump.

Usage notes

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Gunma and Saitama are neighboring prefectures in the Kanto region, near Tokyo. They are sometimes distinguished from the more urban region of Eastern Tokyo.

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