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    3. ヤクザ

    ヤクザ

    ヤクザ

    (member of the) yakuza

    KMT2CoreRef L1Culture & TraditionsKana Vocab9 strokes

    ヤクザやくざ

    Noun

    1.
    (member of the) yakuza, gangster, mobster
    2.
    hoodlum, racketeer, gambler

    Noun, Adjective

    3.
    useless, worthless, good-for-nothing, trashy

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれはヤクザではありません。

    He is not a yakuza.

    KMT2Culture & Traditions
    その男おとこはヤクザのような雰ふん囲い気きを持もっていた。

    That man had the air of a yakuza.

    KMT2Culture & Traditions
    昔むかしの映えい画がにはヤクザを題だい材ざいにしたものが多するものがおおかった。

    Many old movies had yakuza as their theme.

    KMT4Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    ヤクザの世せ界かいは一いっ般ぱん人じんには理り解かいしがたい。

    The world of the yakuza is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

    KMT5Culture & Traditions
    彼かれはヤクザな生せい活かつから足あしを洗あらった。

    He quit his yakuza lifestyle.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsDaily Life

    Kana that make up this word

    ヤ
    ya
    ク
    ku
    ザ
    za
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