yakuza

English

Etymology

From Japanese やくざ (yakuza). See there for more details.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jəˈkuːzə/

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
  • bratva (“Russian organized crime”)
  • mafia (“Italian organized crime”)
  • mob (“organized crime”)
  • tong (“Chinese organized crime”)
  • triad (“Southeast Asian organized crime”)

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese やくざ.

Noun

yakuza

  1. yakuza (organized crime group or its member)

Declension
Inflection of yakuza (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative yakuza yakuzat
genitive yakuzan yakuzoiden
yakuzoitten
yakuzojen
partitive yakuzaa yakuzoita
yakuzoja
illative yakuzaan yakuzoihin
singular plural
nominative yakuza yakuzat
accusative nom. yakuza yakuzat
gen. yakuzan
genitive yakuzan yakuzoiden
yakuzoitten
yakuzojen
yakuzainrare
partitive yakuzaa yakuzoita
yakuzoja
inessive yakuzassa yakuzoissa
elative yakuzasta yakuzoista
illative yakuzaan yakuzoihin
adessive yakuzalla yakuzoilla
ablative yakuzalta yakuzoilta
allative yakuzalle yakuzoille
essive yakuzana yakuzoina
translative yakuzaksi yakuzoiksi
instructive — yakuzoin
abessive yakuzatta yakuzoitta
comitative — yakuzoineen

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Japanese, やくざ

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ja.ky.za/, /ja.ku.za/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

yakuza m (plural yakuzas)

  1. yakuza

Japanese

Romanization

yakuza

  1. Rōmaji transcription of やくざ

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /ɟ͡ʝaˈkuθa/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /ɟ͡ʝaˈkusa/

Noun

yakuza m (plural yakuzas)

  1. yakuza
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