different between yakuza vs wakashu

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

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

Noun

wakashu (plural wakashu)

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

See also

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