"やくざ" meaning in Japanese

See やくざ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ja̠kɯ̟za̠] 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”). Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=な}} やくざ • (yakuza) -na (adnominal やくざな (yakuza na), adverbial やくざに (yakuza 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

IPA: [ja̠kɯ̟za̠] 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”). 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 alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 94 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 1 3 96 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 3 96 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 1 3 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ヤクザ, 893

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yakuza",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくざな",
      "roman": "yakuza na",
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "yakuza ni",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠kɯ̟za̠]"
    }
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "893"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: yakuza",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: yakuza"
    },
    {
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "yakuza",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: yakuza",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: yakuza"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ French: yakuza",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: yakuza"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "야쿠자",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 야쿠자 (yakuja)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 야쿠자 (yakuja)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: yakuza, jakuza",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: yakuza, jakuza"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "яку́дза",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: яку́дза (jakúdza)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: яку́дза (jakúdza)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "yakuza",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: yakuza",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: yakuza"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "something that is worthless or useless"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "0 7 93",
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    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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  "etymology_text": "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”).",
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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      "roman": "yakuza na",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "やくざに",
      "roman": "yakuza ni",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ French: yakuza"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "야쿠자",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 야쿠자 (yakuja)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 야쿠자 (yakuja)"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "pl",
            "2": "yakuza",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: yakuza, jakuza",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: yakuza, jakuza"
    },
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      "templates": [
        {
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            "2": "яку́дза",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: яку́дза (jakúdza)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: яку́дза (jakúdza)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "yakuza",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: yakuza",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: yakuza"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "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”).",
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    {
      "form": "yakuza",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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    {
      "word": "893"
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Download raw JSONL data for やくざ meaning in Japanese (3.4kB)

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