ギルド

• 読み: ギルド
• ローマ字: girudo
• 発音: /gi.ɾɯ.do/

意味

Guild — an organised in-game group or clan of players who team up for cooperative content in online games.

Borrowed from English 'guild,' the term became central to MMORPG culture in Japan during the 2000s. A ギルド provides social structure, coordinated play, and a sense of belonging in online worlds. ギルド activities include group raids, territory wars, and community events. The ギルドマスター (guild master) holds social authority, and ギルド drama is a well-known phenomenon in MMO communities.

例文

1. うちのギルドに入らない？人数増やしたいんだよね。
2. ギルドのメンバーと毎日一緒にレイド回してる。
3. そのギルド、トップランカーばっかりで有名だよ。

使い方ガイド

場面: MMORPGs, online games, gaming communities

トーン: social, community-oriented

正しい言い方

• ギルド入ったらゲームが10倍楽しくなった (Joining a guild made the game ten times more fun)
• ギルドイベント楽しみにしてるから絶対参加するわ (I'm looking forward to the guild event, I'll definitely be there)

避ける言い方

• ゲームによって「クラン」「チーム」「FC（フリーカンパニー）」など呼び名が違うので注意 (Different games use different names — clan, team, FC (Free Company) — so match the game's terminology)

よくある間違い

• Using ギルド in games that call their groups something else — for example, Final Fantasy XIV uses フリーカンパニー (FC) instead

起源と歴史

Borrowed from English 'guild,' referring to medieval trade associations. Adopted into Japanese gaming vocabulary through MMORPGs like Ultima Online, EverQuest, and later Final Fantasy XI in the early 2000s.

文化的背景

時代: 2000s MMORPG era

世代: Online gamers (teens-40s)

社会的背景: Gaming community

地域メモ: Used across all of Japan in online gaming contexts. One of the foundational social structures of MMO gaming.