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    3. 極道

    極道

    極ごく道どう

    wicked

    KMT10News #38+1Culture & TraditionsKanji Vocab24 strokes

    獄道

    ごくどう

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    wicked, evil, profligate, immoral

    Noun

    2.
    wastrel, scoundrel, villain
    3.
    organized crime, yakuza, underworld

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    彼かれは極ごく道どうの世せ界かいに入はいった。

    He entered the world of yakuza.

    KMT8Culture & Traditions
    極ごく道どう映えい画がは、日に本ほんの映えい画がジャンルの一ひとつとして人にん気きがある。

    Yakuza films are popular as one of Japan's film genres.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    彼かれは極ごく道どうとして生いきることを選えらび、家か族ぞくとの縁えんを切きった。

    He chose to live as a yakuza and severed ties with his family.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsFamily & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    極ごく道どうの組そ織しきは、独どく自じの掟おきてと伝でん統とうを持もっている。

    Yakuza organizations have their own rules and traditions.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsPolitics & Law
    小しょう説せつや漫まん画がでは、極ごく道どうの生いき様ざまがしばしば描えがかれる。

    In novels and manga, the way of life of the yakuza is often depicted.

    KMT10LiteratureAnime & MangaCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    極
    きわ.める・きわ.まる・きわ.まり・きわ.み・き.める・-ぎ.め…(3)
    poles・settlement・conclusion・end・highest rank…(6)
    道
    みち・いう…(7)
    road-way・street・district・journey・course…(2)
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