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A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community. / A local political division in many European countries.

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commune

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Source Word

commune

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkɒmjuːn/

Noun

countable uncountable obsolete historical

Japanese Meaning

小規模な共同体。主に農村などで住民が財産や労働を共有して生活する集団。 / ヨーロッパなどで用いられる地方行政区分、もしくは自治体の一形態。

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The commune organized a weekly rota for cooking, maintenance, and childcare so that everyone shared the work.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その共同体は、料理、設備の維持、子どもの世話のために週ごとの当番表を作り、皆が仕事を分担するようにした。

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The town of Chu-chou in Hunan Province, carrying out the great directive of Chairman Mao that "educated youths must go to the villages," has put into practice factory-commune links, and under the leadership of cadres, has made a collective settlement of educated youths in commune and brigade farms, forest areas, and tea plantations.

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