yakuza

1. The Yakuza date back hundreds of years, and according to Dennis McCarthy, author of An Economic History of Organized Crime, Yakuza groups are among the most centralized in the world.
   日本极道的历史可以追溯到好几百年前。《集团犯罪的经济史》（AnEconomicHistoryofOrganizedCrime）的作者丹尼斯o麦卡锡表示，极道团伙是全球最为集权的组织之一。
2. Yakuza, the Japanese mafia, were the first to set up soup kitchens for the victims.
   日本黑手党率先启动流动厨房，营救难民。
3. Even with the Japanese government cracking down on Yakuza in recent years, this centralized structure has made it easy to attribute a massive amount of revenue to this single gang.
   尽管近年来日本政府大力打击极道，但这种集权化的结构使得山口组可以轻易攫取大量财富。
4. Russian mafia groups sit on the other side of the organizational spectrum from Yakuza.
   俄罗斯黑帮采用的组织结构与日本极道迥然不同。
5. The largest known gang in the world is called the Yamaguchi Guri, one of several groups collectively referred to in Japan as Yakuza, a term that is roughly equivalent to the American use of mafia.
   全球已知的最大黑帮名为山口组，它与其他几个日本团伙被统称为日本极道，意思类似于美国的黑手党。
6. To those not familiar with the yakuza, it may come as a shock to hear of their philanthropy, but this is not the first time that they have displayed a humanitarian impulse.
   对于不熟悉黑帮的人来说，听到他们行善举可能会有些吃惊，但这已经不是他们第一次实施人道主义援助了。
7. It's a Yakuza syndicate in tokyo.
   那是一个在东京的yakuza联合会。
8. Mr Ito's murder hints at yakuza desperation more than strength.
   对伊藤的谋杀暗示了山口组的绝望而不是其实力。
9. Japan's police, who have vowed to crack down on the yakuza, say they now expect "aggressive activities" from the gang.
   日本警方近来誓要打击犯罪人员，希望发起“强有力的行动”来针对此类组织。
10. Many of these legal activities are performed by "associates" who are experts in finance, law, etc., but don't have the signs of true yakuza, such as tattoos.
    许多合法经营都交由“合伙人”去完成，他们是经济、法律等行业的专家，没有帮派成员的做派，比如纹身。
11. Japan's yakuza groups are not illegal, and frequently operate front companies out of smart offices.
    日本犯罪团伙不是非法的，因而他们时常可以公司化的运作。
12. He plays at being a Yakuza while he lives on what he inherited!
    他靠他继承的遗产活得像个瘪三！
13. Japanese police have recently bolstered efforts to crack down on the yakuza and sever its long-standing ties to industry and politics.
    最近，日本政策也对整顿黑道势力进行了援助，切断了其长期存在的与工业和政治活动的联系。
14. He is a thoroughbred Japanese yakuza.
    他是受过训练的日本瘪三。
15. If the establishment carries on like this, the uyoku dantai will be in as much trouble as the yakuza.
    如果当权派继续这样我行我素的话，右翼团体将会和山口组一样深陷麻烦之中。
16. But when a yakuza assassinated the Mayor of Nagasaki, Iccho Ito, in2007 outside his campaign office, everything changed.
    可是在2007年，一切都变了。长崎市长伊藤一长在选举办公室外被黑帮分子枪击杀害。
17. From Tradition and Modernism:& the Japanese National Culture Spirit in Ninkyo Yakuza Movie
    从传统到现代&任侠黑帮电影中的日本文化精神

noun

1. organized crime in Japan

2. a Japanese gangster