different between oyabun vs wakashu

English

Borrowed from Japanese ??, literally "foster parent".

oyabun (plural oyabuns or oyabun)

The absolute leader of a yakuza clan. He has an advisor called a saiko-komon. Besides that he has an army of advocates, accountants, secretaries and advisors.

oyabun

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (“young person”).

wakashu (plural wakashu)

(archaic) A Japanese boy after early childhood but before his coming-of-age ceremony.
A role in kabuki traditionally played by a boy of this age category.
A soldier of the oyabun in the yakuza hierarchy.

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