Illustration: After closing time in a small Japanese drinking establishment, a suited gang member calmly draws a cash envelope toward himself across the counter. The proprietor’s tense face and reluctant grip make the payment visibly coerced.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ヤクザ

yakuza

yakuza member, gangster

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは自分じぶんを映画えいがのやくざと同一視どういつしした。

    I identified myself with the gangsters in the film.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 恐こわいもの知しらずのその男おとこは憎にくしみと軽蔑けいべつの目めでやくざをちらりと見みた。

    The bold man glanced at the gangster with hatred and contempt.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ヤクザ映画えいがなどでは、白鞘しらさやのままの刀かたなで格闘かくとうする場面ばめんが見みられるが、当然激とうぜんはげしい使用しように耐たえられるものではない。

    Yakuza movies often show battle scenes using shirasaya swords, but, as might be surmised, they are not stout enough for rough use.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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