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Word: Yakuza
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Japanese, from ya ‘eight’ + ku ‘nine’ + za ‘three’, referring to the worst hand in a gambling game
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
jəˈkuːzə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a powerful Japanese criminal organization.
Short Definition:powerful Japanese criminal organization
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