wed., 20 sept., 2017: a japanese leisure org field guide, iv.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

JAPANESE: やくざ  / [やくざ — Yākuza...  §

 §)  “Yakuza...”  =  ie.  &  eg.,  the orig. Japanese criminal leisure org, equivalent & as globally powerful as the Cosa Nostra or the Russian Mafia.   Etym., pun on Japanese card game where the least eficacious number combos are 8-9-3,  thus becoming “ya-ku-za”  =  loser.

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