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Reading

Kana: やくざ
Romaji: yakuza
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
1

yakuza

Note: colloquialism
See also: ヤクザ

やくざ

Readings

Kana: やくざ、ヤクザ
Romaji: yakuza, yakuza
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

noun
1

professional gambler or ruffian (esp. a member of the Japanese mafia); yakuza (member)

Note: possibly from 八九三
adj-na
noun
2

uselessness; purposelessness

Example Sentences

やくざがひろしに試練(しれん)を課(か)している。
➥The yakuza were tormenting Hiroshi.
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恐(こわ)いもの知(し)らずのその男(おとこ)は憎(にく)しみと軽蔑(けいべつ)の目(め)でやくざをちらりと見(み)た。
➥The bold man glanced at the gangster with hatred and contempt.
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私(わたし)は自分(じぶん)を映画(えいが)のやくざと同一視(どういつし)した。
➥I identified myself with the gangsters in the film.
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