８や９く３ざ

noun

yakuza

Colloquial numerical code for yakuza, derived from a losing hand in a card game (8-9-3). Used as a slang term for the Japanese mafia.

See also: ヤクザ

• あの界かい隈わいは８９３の縄なわ張ばりらしい。

  That area seems to be yakuza territory.

• ８９３がらみのトラブルに巻まき込こまれた。

  I got caught up in a yakuza-related trouble.