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yakuza
ya·ku·za Y0003100 (yä′ko͝o-zä′)n. pl. yakuza 1. A loose alliance of Japanese criminal organizations and illegal enterprises.2. A Japanese gangster.
[Japanese yakuza, card hand consisting of eight, nine, and three (the worst possible hand in a traditional Japanese card game in which a player's final score is the last digit of the sum of the values of the player's hand), good-for-nothing, yakuza : ya, eight (from Old Japanese) + ku, nine (from Early Middle Chinese kuw' (also the source of Mandarin jiǔ, nine), ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-ku; akin to Tibetan dgu) + za, alteration of san, three (from Middle Chinese sam; also the source of Mandarin sān; see sampan).]yakuza (jəˈkuːzə) n, pl -kuza1. (Law) the yakuza a Japanese criminal organization involved in illegal gambling, extortion, gun-running, etc2. (Law) a member of this organization[C20: from Japanese ya eight + ku nine + za three, the worst hand in a game of cards]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | yakuza - a Japanese gangsterNihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship buildinggangster, mobster - a criminal who is a member of gang | | 2. | yakuza - organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprisesgangdom, gangland, organized crime - underworld organizationsNihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building |
Translationsyakuza
Words related to yakuzanoun a Japanese gangsterRelated Words- Nihon
- Nippon
- Japan
- gangster
- mobster
noun organized crime in JapanRelated Words- gangdom
- gangland
- organized crime
- Nihon
- Nippon
- Japan
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