yakuza

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Noun 4 Japanese 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun

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From Japanese, やくざ

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• IPA: /jəˈkuːzə/, SAMPA: /je"ku:z@/

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yakuza (plural yakuza)

1. A Japanese organized crime gang
2. A member of a Japanese organized crime gang

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• mafia
• tong
• triad

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[edit] Finnish

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yakuza

1. yakuza (organized crime group or its member)

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Declension of yakuza (type kala) singular plural nominative yakuza yakuzat genitive yakuzan yakuzojen yakuzain1 partitive yakuzaa yakuzoja accusative yakuza yakuzan yakuzat 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 1) Rare.

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[edit] French

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• IPA: /ja.ky.za/

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From Japanese, やくざ

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yakuza m. (plural yakuzas)

1. yakuza

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[edit] Japanese

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yakuza (hiragana やくざ, katakana ヤクザ)

1. yakuza