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100

What country did the yakuza originate from

what is japan?

100

What body art is strongly associated with yakuza culture?

What are tattoos?

100

What illegal activity are yakuza groups most known for?

What is organized crime?

100

What is the largest and most well-known yakuza organization in Japan?

What is the Yamaguchi-gumi?

100

What traditional Japanese sword is largely associated with the yakuza's image?

What is a katana?

200

Where does the name yakuza come from

What is losing a hand in a traditional card game?    (8-9-3)?

200

What traditional Japanese alcohol is commonly shared in loyalty ceremonies?

what is sake?

200

What gambling activity has long been tied to the yakuza?

what is Illegal gambling?

200

What yakuza group is historically based around Tokyo?

What is the Sumiyoshi-kai

200

What symbol or animal is commonly seen in yakuza tattoos because it represents strength and power?

What are dragons?

300

Which social class in feudal Japan were many early yakuza members associated with?

What are the outcasts / lower social classes?

300

What ritual involves cutting off part of a finger to apologize?

What is a Yubitsume?

300

Besides crime, what legitimate industries have some yakuza groups invested in?

What is Construction / real estate?

300

who is the main rival group of Yamaguchi-gumi?

What is the Inagawa-kai

300

What card game is connected to the origin of the name yakuza?

What is Oicho-Kabu?

400

During what historical era did early yakuza groups begin forming?

What is the Edo period?

400

What is the title of a yakuza boss?

What is the Oyabun?

400

What financial crime involves threatening companies for money or silence?

What is Extortion?

400

What kind of social structure do most groups in the yakuza typically follow?

What is a family hierarchy?
400

What is the Japanese term for the yakuza itself, meaning violent groups?

What is Boryokudan?

500

Which two social groups are often considered the ancestors of the yakuza?

What is the Tekiya and Bakuto?

500

What term refers to lower-ranking members under the boss?

what is the Kobun?

500

What Japanese anti-organized crime laws increased crackdowns on yakuza groups in the 1990s?

Anti-Boryokudan laws

500

Rivalries between these groups have sometimes led to conflict and police crackdowns.

What are yakuza syndicates?

500

What traditional Japanese word is largely associated with the yakuza's image?

what is Irezumi?