yakuza

How To Use yakuza In A Sentence

• In the eyes of an average Japanese a tattoo is considered a mark of a yakuza - a member of the Japanese mafia - or a macho symbol of members of the lower classes.
• I'm fond of the menko cards I found at a flea market in Nagoya years ago of sumo rikishi and yakuza. Archive 2009-03-01
• Siomio uji Sanron skibby ukiyo-e sansei skimmia ume Sapporo, adj. soba urushi sasanqua (or sodoku urushic acid Sasankwa) Soka Gakkai urushiol Sasebo, adj. soy urushiye sashimi soya wacadash satori soya bean waka satsuma soyate Wakayama, adj. satsuma ware soybean wakizashi sawara cypress soybean cyst warabi sayonara nematode wasabi sayonara, interj. soybean lecithin yagi sen soybean milk yakitori sendai, adj. soybean oil yakuza Sendai virus soybean oil meal Yamaguchigumi sentoku soy flour yamamai seppa soy frame Yamato-e seppa dai soymilk yamoto seppuku sugi Yawata, adj. sesshin suiseki yayoi, adj. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 1
• So it was perhaps inevitable that he should have turned to playing a gangster - a yakuza - in his fourth film.
• He filled Croaker in on the possible linkup between the Yakuza, Avalon Ltd, Torch and Delacroix. FLOATING CITY
• You know how the yakuza works better than anybody, Tsu-kun, you know how your parents work.
• The result is a complete break from the yakuza films and actioners for which Kitano is known.
• One ring of yakuza gangsters, operating through connections at a major medical center in Boston, was uncovered by journalists and broken up by police a decade ago.
• Joel dreams of escape from his Alaskan bondage when a couple Japanese businessmen / yakuza weighing whether to build a resort in Alaska or Hawaii arrive in Cicely to be wined and dined by Maurice.
• The appearance of Charlie's Angel Lucy Liu as head of a powerful cartel of Japanese yakuza, adds to that sense that you are watching bad ‘angels’.