yakuza
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English
Etymology
From Japanese やくざ (yakuza). See there for more details.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjækuːzə/, /jəˈkuːzə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjækuzə/, /ˈjɑː-/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈjaːkʉːzə/, /jəˈkʉːzə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ækuːzə, -uːzə
- Hyphenation: ya‧ku‧za
Noun
yakuza (plural yakuza or yakuzas)
- A Japanese organized crime gang.
- A member of that Japanese organized crime gang.
Usage notes
- The word yakuza has different plurals depending on the sense: yakuza (sense 1) and yakuzas (sense 2).
Coordinate terms
Translations
Japanese organized crime gang
member of a Japanese organized crime gang
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
yakuza
Declension
Inflection of yakuza (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | yakuza | yakuzat | |
genitive | yakuzan | yakuzoiden yakuzoitten yakuzojen | |
partitive | yakuzaa | yakuzoita yakuzoja | |
illative | yakuzaan | yakuzoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | yakuza | yakuzat | |
accusative | nom. | yakuza | yakuzat |
gen. | yakuzan | ||
genitive | yakuzan | yakuzoiden yakuzoitten yakuzojen yakuzain rare | |
partitive | yakuzaa | yakuzoita yakuzoja | |
inessive | yakuzassa | yakuzoissa | |
elative | yakuzasta | yakuzoista | |
illative | yakuzaan | yakuzoihin | |
adessive | yakuzalla | yakuzoilla | |
ablative | yakuzalta | yakuzoilta | |
allative | yakuzalle | yakuzoille | |
essive | yakuzana | yakuzoina | |
translative | yakuzaksi | yakuzoiksi | |
abessive | yakuzatta | yakuzoitta | |
instructive | — | yakuzoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
yakuza m (plural yakuzas)
Indonesian
Noun
yakuza (first-person possessive yakuzaku, second-person possessive yakuzamu, third-person possessive yakuzanya)
Japanese
Romanization
yakuza
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English yakuza.
Pronunciation
Noun
yakuza f
- yakuza (Japanese organized crime gang)
Declension
Declension of yakuza
Noun
yakuza m pers
- yakuza (member of that crime gang)
Declension
Declension of yakuza
Further reading
- yakuza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- yakuza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uzɐ
Noun
yakuza f (plural yakuzas)
- yakuza (Japanese organized crime gang)
Noun
yakuza m or f by sense (plural yakuzas)
- yakuza (member of that crime gang)
Further reading
- “yakuza”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “yakuza”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
- “yakuza”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “yakuza”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “yakuza”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ʝaˈkuθa/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈku.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ʝaˈkusa/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈku.sa]
Noun
yakuza f (plural yakuzas)
- yakuza (Japanese organized crime gang)
Noun
yakuza m or f by sense (plural yakuzas)
- yakuza (member of that crime gang)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Japanese
- English terms borrowed from Japanese
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ækuːzə
- Rhymes:English/ækuːzə/3 syllables
- Rhymes:English/uːzə
- Rhymes:English/uːzə/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English indeclinable nouns
- en:Corruption
- en:Crime
- en:Japan
- en:Occupations
- en:Organizations
- en:People
- Finnish terms borrowed from Japanese
- Finnish terms derived from Japanese
- Finnish 3-syllable words
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- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with Z
- Finnish katiska-type nominals
- fi:Corruption
- fi:Crime
- fi:Japan
- fi:Occupations
- fi:Organizations
- fi:People
- French terms borrowed from Japanese
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- French lemmas
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- French masculine nouns
- fr:Corruption
- fr:Crime
- fr:Japan
- fr:Occupations
- fr:Organizations
- fr:People
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Polish terms derived from Japanese
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- Rhymes:Polish/uza
- Rhymes:Polish/uza/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish personal nouns
- pl:Corruption
- pl:Crime
- pl:Japan
- pl:Occupations
- pl:Organizations
- pl:People
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Japanese
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/uzɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/uzɐ/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
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- pt:Corruption
- pt:Crime
- pt:Japan
- pt:Occupations
- pt:Organizations
- pt:People
- Spanish terms borrowed from Japanese
- Spanish terms derived from Japanese
- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/uθa
- Rhymes:Spanish/uθa/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/usa
- Rhymes:Spanish/usa/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
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- es:Corruption
- es:Crime
- es:Japan
- es:Occupations
- es:Organizations
- es:People