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Yomi
ゆうれいぶいん
Rōmaji
yuurei buin
Type
idiom
Literal Meaning
a ghost member at a school club
Meaning
people who belong to a school club and yet seldom appear in its events
Additional Info
The state where one does not belong to any club is called 帰宅部 (kitaku bu, “go home club”).
Example
この部活には３０人以上所属しているけど、ほとんどが幽霊部員だから実際は１０人くらいしか活動に参加しない。
More than 30 members belong to this school club but most of them are “ghost members” and in reality only 10 of them or so join the activities.