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チンピラ

Readings

Kana: チンピラ、ちんぴら
Romaji: chinpira, chinpira
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Definition

1

(young) hoodlum; small-time yakuza; delinquent boy; delinquent girl; hooligan; punk

Example Sentences

その若者(わかもの)(おんな)()をちんぴらの連中(れんちゅう)から(すく)った。
➥The young man saved the girl from a bunch of hoodlums.
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昨夜(さくや)会社(かいしゃ)からの帰宅(きたく)途中(とちゅう)で、(わたし)はチンピラの一団(いちだん)徹底的(てっていてき)(はた)きのめされてしまった。
➥I was beaten up by a gang of hoodlums on the way home from work.
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