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暴力団

Reading

Kana: ぼうりょくだん
Romaji: bouryokudan
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
1

gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza (Japanese mafia); band of thugs; group of hoodlums

Kanji

暴
Readings: ボウ、 バク、 あば.く、 あば.れる
Meanings: outburst, rave, fret, force, violence, cruelty, outrage
力
Readings: リョク、 リキ、 リイ、 ちから
Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert
団
Readings: ダン、 トン、 かたまり、 まる.い
Meanings: group, association

Example Sentences

暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)は強盗(ごうとう)を計画(けいかく)していた。
➥The gang was planning a robbery.
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住民(じゅうみん)の運動(うんどう)で暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)を町(まち)から追放(ついほう)した。
➥The movement of the inhabitants drove the band of thugs out of the town.
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暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)の組長(くみちょう)は団員(だんいん)全部(ぜんぶ)に規則(きそく)を守(まも)らせ、恐怖感(きょうふかん)によって、団員(だんいん)を掌握(しょうあく)した。
➥The gang leader made all the members toe the line, keeping control through fear.
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暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)を見張(みは)るのは危険(きけん)な冒険(ぼうけん)だった。
➥Spying on gangsters was a dangerous venture.
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暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)はその金持(かねも)ちから莫大(ばくだい)な金(きん)をゆすり取(と)った。
➥The gangsters extorted a vast sum of money from the rich man.
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