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暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)gangster organization (organisation), crime syndicate, yakuza (Japanese mafia), band of thugs, group of hoodlums

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      bōryokudan, gangster organization (organisation), crime syndicate, yakuza

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    暴力団 【ぼうりょくだん】

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      暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)(はん)社会(しゃかい)(てき)集団(しゅうだん)です。

      The yakuza is an antisocial group. {gangster organization (organisation), crime syndicate, yakuza (Japanese mafia), band of thugs, group of hoodlums}

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      警察(けいさつ)暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)(かか)わった(ひと)逮捕(たいほ)しました。

      The police arrested a person involved with the yakuza. {gangster organization (organisation), crime syndicate, yakuza (Japanese mafia), band of thugs, group of hoodlums}

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      暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)(はい)っている(ひと)(うで)には刺青(しせい)(はい)っています。

      People who are in the yakuza have tattoos on their arms. {gangster organization (organisation), crime syndicate, yakuza (Japanese mafia), band of thugs, group of hoodlums}

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      密輸(みつゆ)により入手(にゅうしゅ)した拳銃(けんじゅう)()っている(かれ)暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)一員(いちいん)だ。

      He, who possesses a handgun obtained through smuggling, is a member of a yakuza. {gangster organization (organisation), crime syndicate, yakuza (Japanese mafia), band of thugs, group of hoodlums}

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      暴力(ぼうりょく)脅迫(きょうはく)によってお金儲(かねもう)けをしている暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)(わる)(ひと)(あつ)まりだ。

      The yakuza, who make money through violence and intimidation, are a gathering of bad people. {gangster organization (organisation), crime syndicate, yakuza (Japanese mafia), band of thugs, group of hoodlums}

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