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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
Noun + ぐるみ + + 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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「ともさん家族(かぞく)ぐるみ付(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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その会社食品(しょくひん)偽装(ぎそう)会社(かいしゃ)ぐるみで行(おこな)わものだ。社員(しゃいん)1人(ひとり)だけに責任(せきにん)おしつけべきではない
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)サイト》「◯◯県(けん)、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)50%減(へ)らことができました
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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