太陽族

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Kana: たいようぞく

Romaji: taiyouzoku

Definition

noun

1

dissolute postwar youths

Note: from Ishihara Shintarou's 1955 novel 「太陽の季節」 (Season of the Sun)

Kanji

太

Readings: タイ、 タ、 ふと.い、 ふと.る

Meanings: plump, thick, big around

陽

Readings: ヨウ、 ひ

Meanings: sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime

族

Reading: ゾク

Meanings: tribe, family