Definition of yakuza in English:

yakuza

noun jəˈkuːzəjɑˈkuzə

the Yakuza

1A powerful Japanese criminal organization.
八九三黑帮（日本一有势力犯罪组织）
Example sentencesExamples
- Japanese yakuza kingpin Akatora wants him because he thinks Dinosaur took his merchandise.
- You know how the yakuza works better than anybody, Tsu-kun, you know how your parents work.
- Namie introduced her to the seedy underworld, but not the yakuza one, that being a rich teenager in Tokyo had to offer.
- Various kinds of people came to stay there, including members of the yakuza, and given that fact, I thought it would be foolish not to learn some kind of martial art.
1. 1.1 A member of the Yakuza; a Japanese gangster or racketeer.
  （日本的）“野寇崽”，歹徒，敲诈勒索者
  100,000 yakuza in Japan rake in some $10 billion a year
  Example sentencesExamples
  In another, an ageing yakuza gangster returns to a park where he used to meet his first love.
  Shizuko is a famous tango dancer and deferential wife, who is kidnapped by yakuza as payment for her businessman husband's debts.
  One ring of yakuza gangsters, operating through connections at a major medical center in Boston, was uncovered by journalists and broken up by police a decade ago.
  Politics needs money to win elections and influence and pays little attention to the sources of this money (e.g., Japanese Liberal Democratic politicians and yakuza gangsters).
  Joel dreams of escape from his Alaskan bondage when a couple Japanese businessmen / yakuza weighing whether to build a resort in Alaska or Hawaii arrive in Cicely to be wined and dined by Maurice.
  In nearly every Zatoichi film, the female lead falls in love with the grubby, poor, and blind former yakuza, usually because she's drawn to his kindness and willingness to defend the weak.
  Tattoo art is still considered a lower-class macho symbol, traditionally practised among yakuza and construction workers.
  Her world collapses when her firm forces her to take first chair defense in a murder case involving a smug yakuza who's obviously guilty.
  In Dead or Alive, Ryu, a stoic, stylish criminal with a mixed Chinese and Japanese background, leads his posse into a war against Japanese yakuza and Chinese Triad bosses in Tokyo.
  In his character-defining moment in Fireworks, Kitano planted a pair of chopsticks into the eye of an offending yakuza.
  Constituencies are gerrymandered, kickbacks from public works are channelled back to the party through yakuza gangsters and key policy decisions are made by party elders behind closed doors.
  It is the story of a displaced yakuza gangster, whose crime family is killed and who flies to LA in search of his brother, only to wind up in the gangland web there.
  The appearance of Charlie's Angel Lucy Liu as head of a powerful cartel of Japanese yakuza, adds to that sense that you are watching bad ‘angels’.
  In the eyes of an average Japanese a tattoo is considered a mark of a yakuza - a member of the Japanese mafia - or a macho symbol of members of the lower classes.
  Moon Child is a low budget Japanese yakuza vampire sci-fi action drama.
  Zatoichi's a reformed yakuza forever finding himself dragged into conflicts between the corrupt ruling classes and their exploited peasantry.
  Thousands of new titles on themes ranging from samurai, golf, yakuza gangsters, fantasy superheroes, sex and social satire are published each year.
  JAPAN'S yakuza gangsters are losing their ‘Robin Hood’ image as the country's deepening recession forces them to target ordinary people.
  Films about yakuza, or Japanese gangsters, are deeply imbued with a code of honor and feature subtle moral questions.
  So it was perhaps inevitable that he should have turned to playing a gangster - a yakuza - in his fourth film.
  Synonyms
  criminal, lawbreaker, offender, villain, black hat, delinquent, malefactor, culprit, wrongdoer, transgressor, sinner

Origin

Japanese, from ya 'eight' + ku 'nine' + za 'three', referring to the worst hand in a gambling game.

Rhymes

abuser, accuser, boozer, bruiser, chooser, cruiser, diffuser, infuser, lollapalooza, loser, Marcuse, medusa, mezuzah, misuser, peruser, refuser, snoozer, Sousa, user

Definition of yakuza in US English:

yakuza

nounyäˈko͞ozəjɑˈkuzə

1A Japanese organized crime syndicate similar to the Mafia.
Example sentencesExamples
- You know how the yakuza works better than anybody, Tsu-kun, you know how your parents work.
- Japanese yakuza kingpin Akatora wants him because he thinks Dinosaur took his merchandise.
- Various kinds of people came to stay there, including members of the yakuza, and given that fact, I thought it would be foolish not to learn some kind of martial art.
- Namie introduced her to the seedy underworld, but not the yakuza one, that being a rich teenager in Tokyo had to offer.
1. 1.1 A Japanese gangster or racketeer.
  （日本的）“野寇崽”，歹徒，敲诈勒索者
  100,000 yakuza in Japan rake in some $10 billion a year
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her world collapses when her firm forces her to take first chair defense in a murder case involving a smug yakuza who's obviously guilty.
  JAPAN'S yakuza gangsters are losing their ‘Robin Hood’ image as the country's deepening recession forces them to target ordinary people.
  In his character-defining moment in Fireworks, Kitano planted a pair of chopsticks into the eye of an offending yakuza.
  So it was perhaps inevitable that he should have turned to playing a gangster - a yakuza - in his fourth film.
  Moon Child is a low budget Japanese yakuza vampire sci-fi action drama.
  Tattoo art is still considered a lower-class macho symbol, traditionally practised among yakuza and construction workers.
  Thousands of new titles on themes ranging from samurai, golf, yakuza gangsters, fantasy superheroes, sex and social satire are published each year.
  Joel dreams of escape from his Alaskan bondage when a couple Japanese businessmen / yakuza weighing whether to build a resort in Alaska or Hawaii arrive in Cicely to be wined and dined by Maurice.
  Constituencies are gerrymandered, kickbacks from public works are channelled back to the party through yakuza gangsters and key policy decisions are made by party elders behind closed doors.
  One ring of yakuza gangsters, operating through connections at a major medical center in Boston, was uncovered by journalists and broken up by police a decade ago.
  In another, an ageing yakuza gangster returns to a park where he used to meet his first love.
  Shizuko is a famous tango dancer and deferential wife, who is kidnapped by yakuza as payment for her businessman husband's debts.
  The appearance of Charlie's Angel Lucy Liu as head of a powerful cartel of Japanese yakuza, adds to that sense that you are watching bad ‘angels’.
  Films about yakuza, or Japanese gangsters, are deeply imbued with a code of honor and feature subtle moral questions.
  In the eyes of an average Japanese a tattoo is considered a mark of a yakuza - a member of the Japanese mafia - or a macho symbol of members of the lower classes.
  It is the story of a displaced yakuza gangster, whose crime family is killed and who flies to LA in search of his brother, only to wind up in the gangland web there.
  In Dead or Alive, Ryu, a stoic, stylish criminal with a mixed Chinese and Japanese background, leads his posse into a war against Japanese yakuza and Chinese Triad bosses in Tokyo.
  In nearly every Zatoichi film, the female lead falls in love with the grubby, poor, and blind former yakuza, usually because she's drawn to his kindness and willingness to defend the weak.
  Politics needs money to win elections and influence and pays little attention to the sources of this money (e.g., Japanese Liberal Democratic politicians and yakuza gangsters).
  Zatoichi's a reformed yakuza forever finding himself dragged into conflicts between the corrupt ruling classes and their exploited peasantry.
  Synonyms
  criminal, lawbreaker, offender, villain, black hat, delinquent, malefactor, culprit, wrongdoer, transgressor, sinner

Origin

Japanese, from ya ‘eight’ + ku ‘nine’ + za ‘three’, referring to the worst hand in a gambling game.

词汇	yakuza
释义	Definition of yakuza in English: yakuza noun jəˈkuːzəjɑˈkuzə the Yakuza 1A powerful Japanese criminal organization. 八九三黑帮（日本一有势力犯罪组织） Example sentencesExamples Japanese yakuza kingpin Akatora wants him because he thinks Dinosaur took his merchandise. You know how the yakuza works better than anybody, Tsu-kun, you know how your parents work. Namie introduced her to the seedy underworld, but not the yakuza one, that being a rich teenager in Tokyo had to offer. Various kinds of people came to stay there, including members of the yakuza, and given that fact, I thought it would be foolish not to learn some kind of martial art. 1.1 A member of the Yakuza; a Japanese gangster or racketeer. （日本的）“野寇崽”，歹徒，敲诈勒索者 100,000 yakuza in Japan rake in some $10 billion a year Example sentencesExamples In another, an ageing yakuza gangster returns to a park where he used to meet his first love. Shizuko is a famous tango dancer and deferential wife, who is kidnapped by yakuza as payment for her businessman husband's debts. One ring of yakuza gangsters, operating through connections at a major medical center in Boston, was uncovered by journalists and broken up by police a decade ago. Politics needs money to win elections and influence and pays little attention to the sources of this money (e.g., Japanese Liberal Democratic politicians and yakuza gangsters). Joel dreams of escape from his Alaskan bondage when a couple Japanese businessmen / yakuza weighing whether to build a resort in Alaska or Hawaii arrive in Cicely to be wined and dined by Maurice. In nearly every Zatoichi film, the female lead falls in love with the grubby, poor, and blind former yakuza, usually because she's drawn to his kindness and willingness to defend the weak. Tattoo art is still considered a lower-class macho symbol, traditionally practised among yakuza and construction workers. Her world collapses when her firm forces her to take first chair defense in a murder case involving a smug yakuza who's obviously guilty. In Dead or Alive, Ryu, a stoic, stylish criminal with a mixed Chinese and Japanese background, leads his posse into a war against Japanese yakuza and Chinese Triad bosses in Tokyo. In his character-defining moment in Fireworks, Kitano planted a pair of chopsticks into the eye of an offending yakuza. Constituencies are gerrymandered, kickbacks from public works are channelled back to the party through yakuza gangsters and key policy decisions are made by party elders behind closed doors. It is the story of a displaced yakuza gangster, whose crime family is killed and who flies to LA in search of his brother, only to wind up in the gangland web there. The appearance of Charlie's Angel Lucy Liu as head of a powerful cartel of Japanese yakuza, adds to that sense that you are watching bad ‘angels’. In the eyes of an average Japanese a tattoo is considered a mark of a yakuza - a member of the Japanese mafia - or a macho symbol of members of the lower classes. Moon Child is a low budget Japanese yakuza vampire sci-fi action drama. Zatoichi's a reformed yakuza forever finding himself dragged into conflicts between the corrupt ruling classes and their exploited peasantry. Thousands of new titles on themes ranging from samurai, golf, yakuza gangsters, fantasy superheroes, sex and social satire are published each year. JAPAN'S yakuza gangsters are losing their ‘Robin Hood’ image as the country's deepening recession forces them to target ordinary people. Films about yakuza, or Japanese gangsters, are deeply imbued with a code of honor and feature subtle moral questions. So it was perhaps inevitable that he should have turned to playing a gangster - a yakuza - in his fourth film. Synonyms criminal, lawbreaker, offender, villain, black hat, delinquent, malefactor, culprit, wrongdoer, transgressor, sinner Origin Japanese, from ya 'eight' + ku 'nine' + za 'three', referring to the worst hand in a gambling game. Rhymes abuser, accuser, boozer, bruiser, chooser, cruiser, diffuser, infuser, lollapalooza, loser, Marcuse, medusa, mezuzah, misuser, peruser, refuser, snoozer, Sousa, user Definition of yakuza in US English: yakuza nounyäˈko͞ozəjɑˈkuzə 1A Japanese organized crime syndicate similar to the Mafia. Example sentencesExamples You know how the yakuza works better than anybody, Tsu-kun, you know how your parents work. Japanese yakuza kingpin Akatora wants him because he thinks Dinosaur took his merchandise. Various kinds of people came to stay there, including members of the yakuza, and given that fact, I thought it would be foolish not to learn some kind of martial art. Namie introduced her to the seedy underworld, but not the yakuza one, that being a rich teenager in Tokyo had to offer. 1.1 A Japanese gangster or racketeer. （日本的）“野寇崽”，歹徒，敲诈勒索者 100,000 yakuza in Japan rake in some $10 billion a year Example sentencesExamples Her world collapses when her firm forces her to take first chair defense in a murder case involving a smug yakuza who's obviously guilty. JAPAN'S yakuza gangsters are losing their ‘Robin Hood’ image as the country's deepening recession forces them to target ordinary people. In his character-defining moment in Fireworks, Kitano planted a pair of chopsticks into the eye of an offending yakuza. So it was perhaps inevitable that he should have turned to playing a gangster - a yakuza - in his fourth film. Moon Child is a low budget Japanese yakuza vampire sci-fi action drama. Tattoo art is still considered a lower-class macho symbol, traditionally practised among yakuza and construction workers. Thousands of new titles on themes ranging from samurai, golf, yakuza gangsters, fantasy superheroes, sex and social satire are published each year. Joel dreams of escape from his Alaskan bondage when a couple Japanese businessmen / yakuza weighing whether to build a resort in Alaska or Hawaii arrive in Cicely to be wined and dined by Maurice. Constituencies are gerrymandered, kickbacks from public works are channelled back to the party through yakuza gangsters and key policy decisions are made by party elders behind closed doors. One ring of yakuza gangsters, operating through connections at a major medical center in Boston, was uncovered by journalists and broken up by police a decade ago. In another, an ageing yakuza gangster returns to a park where he used to meet his first love. Shizuko is a famous tango dancer and deferential wife, who is kidnapped by yakuza as payment for her businessman husband's debts. The appearance of Charlie's Angel Lucy Liu as head of a powerful cartel of Japanese yakuza, adds to that sense that you are watching bad ‘angels’. Films about yakuza, or Japanese gangsters, are deeply imbued with a code of honor and feature subtle moral questions. In the eyes of an average Japanese a tattoo is considered a mark of a yakuza - a member of the Japanese mafia - or a macho symbol of members of the lower classes. It is the story of a displaced yakuza gangster, whose crime family is killed and who flies to LA in search of his brother, only to wind up in the gangland web there. In Dead or Alive, Ryu, a stoic, stylish criminal with a mixed Chinese and Japanese background, leads his posse into a war against Japanese yakuza and Chinese Triad bosses in Tokyo. In nearly every Zatoichi film, the female lead falls in love with the grubby, poor, and blind former yakuza, usually because she's drawn to his kindness and willingness to defend the weak. Politics needs money to win elections and influence and pays little attention to the sources of this money (e.g., Japanese Liberal Democratic politicians and yakuza gangsters). Zatoichi's a reformed yakuza forever finding himself dragged into conflicts between the corrupt ruling classes and their exploited peasantry. Synonyms criminal, lawbreaker, offender, villain, black hat, delinquent, malefactor, culprit, wrongdoer, transgressor, sinner Origin Japanese, from ya ‘eight’ + ku ‘nine’ + za ‘three’, referring to the worst hand in a gambling game.
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