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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

暴ぼう力りょく団だん

bouryokudan

crime syndicate

Example sentences

暴力団ぼうりょくだんは強盗ごうとうを計画けいかくしていた。
The gang was planning a robbery.
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住民じゅうみんの運動うんどうで暴力団ぼうりょくだんを町まちから追放ついほうした。
The movement of the inhabitants drove the band of thugs out of the town.
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暴力団ぼうりょくだんはその金持かねもちから莫大ばくだいな金かねをゆすり取とった。
The gangsters extorted a vast sum of money from the rich man.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 暴力団

暴outburst; raveOnボウ・バクKunあばく・あばれる
力power; strengthOnリョク・リキ・リイKunちから
団group; associationOnダン・トンKunかたまり・まるい

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