different between yakuza vs shatei

English

Etymology

From Japanese ??? (yakuza). See there for more details.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jakuza/, /j??ku?z?/

Noun

yakuza (plural yakuza or yakuzas)

1. A Japanese organized crime gang. (plural: yakuza)
2. A member of a Japanese organized crime gang. (plural: yakuzas)

Coordinate terms

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ???.

Noun

yakuza

1. yakuza (organized crime group or its member)

Declension

French

Alternative forms

• yakusa

Etymology

From Japanese, ???

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja.ky.za/, /ja.ku.za/

Noun

yakuza m (plural yakuzas)

1. yakuza

Japanese

Romanization

yakuza

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?a?ku?a/, [???a?ku.?a]

Noun

yakuza m (plural yakuzas)

1. yakuza

English

Etymology

From the Japanese yakuza hierarchy

Noun

shatei (plural shatei)

1. The younger brothers. They are children or wakashu of the oyabun his brothers. They are under the control of the kyodai (the brothers), but in the end it is still the word of the oyabun that is final. The shatei have their own sub-divisions in the yakuza clan.

See also

• yakuza
• oyabun
• waka gashira
• wakashu
• shatei gashira
• kyodai

Anagrams

• Hastie, Hestia, saithe