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    3. ヤンキー

    ヤンキー

    ヤンキー

    delinquent (youth)

    KMT9Study L1NounCulture & TraditionsKana Vocab8 strokes

    ヤンキー

    Noun

    1.
    delinquent (youth), delinquency
    colloquial
    2.
    Yankee, Yank, American
    sensitive

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    あの高こう校こうにはヤンキーが多おおいと聞ききました。

    I heard there are many delinquents at that high school.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsEducation
    昔むかしのヤンキーファッションは、特とっ攻こう服ふくやリーゼントが特とく徴ちょう的てきでした。

    Old-school delinquent fashion was characterized by special attack uniforms and pompadours.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsFashion & Beauty
    アメリカでは、ヤンキーという言こと葉ばは北ほく部ぶ出しゅっ身しん者しゃを指さすことがあります。

    In America, the word 'Yankee' can refer to people from the northern states.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistory
    ヤンキー座ずわりという座すわり方かたは、日に本ほんの不ふ良りょう文ぶん化かでよく見みられます。

    The 'Yankee squat' is a sitting posture often seen in Japanese delinquent culture.

    KMT9Culture & Traditions
    日に本ほんのヤンキー文ぶん化かは、特とく定ていの社しゃ会かい背はい景けいや若わか者ものの反はん抗こう期きと深ふかく結むすびついています。

    Japanese delinquent culture is deeply connected to specific social backgrounds and youth rebellion.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology

    Kana that make up this word

    ヤ
    ya
    ン
    n
    キ
    ki
    ー
    long vowel
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