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N1 Lesson 5: 16/17

包（ぐる）みで
whole, -wide, across the, entire, all of, with … altogether

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Noun + ぐるみで
Noun + ぐるみ + の + Noun
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  • ぐるみ is a noun suffix meaning "entire of" the noun. Often attached to phrases like 家族、地域、街、身(set expression).
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「ともさんとは家族（かぞく）ぐるみの付（つ）き合（あ）いです。」
'Our family is acquaintances with Tomo and her entire family.'
家族ぐるみの付き合い implies a relationship of equals, so it is a relation between the families rather than a single subject with Tomo-san and her family
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    • その会社の食品（しょくひん）偽装（ぎそう）は会社（かいしゃ）ぐるみで行（おこな）われたものだ。社員（しゃいん）1人（ひとり）だけに責任（せきにん）をおしつけるべきではない。
    The false labeling of food products was a company-wide practice. A single employee should not be blamed.
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    • 《 地方自治体（ちほうじちたい）のサイト》「◯◯県（けん）では、地域（ちいき）ぐるみで気候変動対策（きこうへんどうたいさく）に取（と）り組（く）むことにより、ゴミの量（りょう）を50％減（へ）らすことができました」
    Local government website: "In XX Prefecture we were able to reduce the amount of garbage by 50% through region-wide efforts to combat climate change."
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