若頭

Japanese
Kanji in this term
若 頭
わか
Grade: 6		 かしら > がしら
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) わかが​しら [wàkágáꜜshìrà] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ka̠ɡa̠ɕiɾa̠]

Noun

若(わか)頭(がしら) • (wakagashira) 

  1. a yakuza member beneath the oyabun and responsible for seeing that his orders are carried out correctly.
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