yakuza

Japanese: やくざ

〘noun〙 (From the fact that in the game of three-card garuta, a type of turnip gambling, if you get the number 8-9-3 , it is the worst hand among the pigs) ① (adjective-verb) Generally, something bad. Something that is useless. Something that is boring. Something that is shabby. An attitude towards life that is not proper. Also, the thing itself or the state of being. *Joruri, Wada Kassen Onna Maizuru (1736), vol. 4, "Meeting the eyelids of a good-for-nothing yakuza . " *Heibon (1907), Futabatei Shimei, vol. 4, 3, "A yakuza like me" ② A general term for gamblers, unemployed playboys, gangsters, and other people who do not pursue a legitimate job and make a living by breaking the law. A scoundrel. A ruffian. A gangster. ※Dangihon Hakkei Kikidorihomon (1754) 5 "A man without wisdom, talent, idiot or gangster will not be shaken."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (カブ賭博の一種である三枚ガルタで、八(や)九(く)三(さ)の札がくると、ブタのうちでも最悪の手になるところから)① (形動) 一般に、物事が悪いこと。役に立たないこと。つまらないこと。粗末なこと。生活の態度がまともでないこと。また、そのものやそのさま。※浄瑠璃・和田合戦女舞鶴（1736）四「エエ埒もない八九三(ヤクザ)の眶(まぶた)に出合うて」※平凡（1907）〈二葉亭四迷〉四三「私のやうな斗筲(ヤクザ)な者は」② 博打打ちや無職渡世の遊び人、また、暴力団員など、正業につかず、法に背くなどして生活の資を得ている者の総称。無頼漢。ならずもの。やくざもの。※談義本・八景聞取法問（1754）五「智恵も器量も馬鹿も八九三(ヤクザ)もない袖はふられず」

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