单词 | yakuza |
释义 | yakuzan. A Japanese gangster or racketeer; usually in plural sense, such people collectively. 8–9–3 is the worst set of cards in a player's hand at a gambling game: hence, the worst sort (K. Koike). ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > gangster > specific liberal1638 liberty boy1733 gang leader1775 Camorrist1863 mafioso1875 gangster1900 amalaita1908 dada1917 paesanoa1930 skolly1934 Mafiaist1948 oyabun1948 yakuza1964 mafiosa1965 goombah1968 rascal1978 yardie1986 new jack1988 lynch man2004 1964 Newsweek 14 Sept. 42/2 The youngsters had to listen to boss Sakamoto expound on the noble traditions of the yakuza, as gangsters are called in Japan. 1971 Newsweek 22 Mar. 42/1 The yakuza, or gangster, is an enduring feature of Japanese life. 1975 New Yorker 24 Mar. 98/2 The yakuza are the Japanese gangsters who in recent years have moved from gambling, drugs and prostitution into shakedown rackets. 1977 J. van de Wetering Japanese Corpse v. 53 Amsterdam is full of Japanese... Even their gangsters seem to be here, the yakusa. 1979 Honolulu Advertiser 8 Jan. a–6/1 Yakuza—the Japanese Mafia—are thriving in Hawaii as members of a crime syndicate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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