Japanese
| Kanji in this term
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| 若
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頭
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わか Grade: 6
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かしら > がしら Grade: 2
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| kun'yomi
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Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) わかがしら [wàkágáꜜshìrà] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA(key): [β̞a̠ka̠ɡa̠ɕiɾa̠]
Noun
若頭 • (wakagashira)
- a yakuza member beneath the oyabun and responsible for seeing that his orders are carried out correctly.