"やくざ" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Japanese]

IPA: [ja̠kɯ̟ᵝza̠] Forms: yakuza [romanization], やくざな [adnominal], やくざに [adverbial]
Etymology: Literally 8-9-3. From a three-card gambling game in which the worst hand is 八 (ya, “8”), 九 (ku, “9”), and 三 (sa, “3”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|八||8|tr=ya}} 八 (ya, “8”), {{m|ja|九||9|tr=ku}} 九 (ku, “9”), {{m|ja|三||3|tr=sa}} 三 (sa, “3”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=な}} やくざ • (yakuza) -na (adnominal やくざな (yakuza na na), adverbial やくざに (yakuza ni ni))
  1. worthless, useless
    Sense id: en-やくざ-ja-adj-i8mD-PG6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ヤクザ, 893

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ja̠kɯ̟ᵝza̠] Forms: yakuza [romanization]
Etymology: Literally 8-9-3. From a three-card gambling game in which the worst hand is 八 (ya, “8”), 九 (ku, “9”), and 三 (sa, “3”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|八||8|tr=ya}} 八 (ya, “8”), {{m|ja|九||9|tr=ku}} 九 (ku, “9”), {{m|ja|三||3|tr=sa}} 三 (sa, “3”) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} やくざ • (yakuza)
  1. something that is worthless or useless
    Sense id: en-やくざ-ja-noun-gydOJ20M
  2. yakuza: Japanese organized crime gang, or a member of one
    Sense id: en-やくざ-ja-noun-LE-W~I3C Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 94 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 3 96 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 1 3 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ヤクザ, 893

Alternative forms

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