黒社会

Japanese

Kanji in this term
くろ
Grade: 2
しゃ
Grade: 2
かい
Grade: 2
kun’yomi on’yomi on’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

(くろ) (kuro, black) + 社会(しゃかい) (shakai, society). Calque of Chinese 黑社會黑社会 (hēishèhuì).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ろしゃかい [kùrósháꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ɕa̠ka̠i]

Noun

(くろ)(しゃ)(かい) • (kuroshakai) 

  1. gang in China

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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