yakuza
Syllables: ya·ku·za/ˈjækuːzə/US/ˈjækuzə/
yakuza noun: a Japanese organized crime gang.
Noun
yakuza (plural yakuza or yakuzas)
- A Japanese organized crime gang.
- Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend with falling membership and increased police crackdowns.2025 April 11, Junko Ogura, Helen Regan, “Japan’s biggest Yakuza crime group pledges to end decade-long gang war”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 May 2025
- A member of that Japanese organized crime gang.
yakuza meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
yakuza in Hindi
- याकुजा, याकुज़ा, याकूज़ा
yakuza in Tamil
- யாகுஸா
yakuza in Marathi
- Japanese organized crime gang
- याकुजा yākujā
- member of a Japanese organized crime gang
- याकुजा yākujā
yakuza in Bengali
- ইয়াকুজা, ইয়াকুঝা
More languagesFewer languages
- yakuza in Telugu
- యాకుజా, యాకూజా, యకుజా
- yakuza in Kannada
- ಯಾಕುಜಾ, ಯಾಕುಝಾ, ಯಾಕೂಜಾ
- yakuza in Punjabi
- ਯਾਕੂਜ਼ਾ, ਯਾਕੁਜ਼ਾ, ਯਾਕੁਜਾ
- yakuza in Gujarati
- યાકુઝા, યકુઝા
- yakuza in Odia
- ଯ଼ାକୁଜା, ଯାକୁଜା
- yakuza in Nepali
- याकुजा
- yakuza in Arabic
- يَاكُوزَا yakūzā
- yakuza in Malay
- yakuza
Forms of yakuza
| plural | yakuza |
|---|---|
| plural | yakuzas |
Origin of yakuza
Borrowed from Japanese やくざ (yakuza). See there for more details.
Words formed from yakuza
Questions about yakuza
- What does yakuza mean?
- Yakuza means a Japanese organized crime gang.
- What is yakuza in Hindi?
- Yakuza in Hindi is याकुजा, याकुज़ा, याकूज़ा. See Yakuza meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is yakuza?
- Yakuza is a noun.
- How do you pronounce yakuza?
- Yakuza is pronounced /ˈjækuːzə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of yakuza?
- The plural of yakuza is yakuza.
Words near yakuza in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: yakuza (page history and authors); yakuza (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yakuza (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yakuza (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yakuza (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yakuza (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yakuza (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yakuza (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yakuza (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yakuza (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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