黒社会

Japanese
Kanji in this term
黒 社 会
くろ
Grade: 2		 しゃ
Grade: 2		 かい
Grade: 2
kun’yomi on’yomi on’yomi
Alternative spelling
黑社會 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

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

Noun

黒(くろ)社(しゃ)会(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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