| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 組 | くみ | set (of items); group (of people), class (of students), company (esp. construction), family (i.e. mafia), team; typesetting, composition |
| 組織 | そしき | organization, organisation; structure, construction; tissue; system |
| 番組 | ばんぐみ | program (e.g. TV), programme |
| 組合 | くみあい | association, union |
| 労組 | ろうそ, ろうくみ | labor union, labour union |
| 仕組み | しくみ | structure, construction, arrangement, contrivance; plan, plot, contrivance |
| 枠組み | わくぐみ | frame, framework |
| 取り組み | とりくみ | bout (in sports, etc.), match; effort, initiative, dealing with, grappling with, wrestling with |
| 労働組合 | ろうどうくみあい | labor union, labour union |
| 組長 | くみちょう | boss (yakuza) |