Tattoo Donkey Gallery: May 2007

やくざ

HistoryThe word yakuza means 8-9-3. Ya means 8, ku 9, za 3. it comes from Japans counterpart to Black Jack, Oicho-kabu. The generally difference between the both card games are that in Oicho-kabu the cards' objective is to be 19 instead of 21. As you see, the sum of 8, 9 and 3, is 20, which is without any worth in Oicho-kabu. It's from there the name, yakuza, comes from, they are without worth for society. This doesn't mean that they have no use in society, it means that the members are people who somehow do not fit into society - society's misfits.

極道

Yakuza ismi, Oicho-Kabu isimli kart oyunundan gelir ve manası "hiç bir şey için iyi" demektir; bu oyun bakaraya benzer. Bu oyunda 8, 9 ve 3 kartlarının alınması 0 skoruna takabül eder; ve Japonca'da da 8 (Ya), 9 (Ku), 3 (Sa) Yakuza kelimesini oluşturur. Yakuzaların bu ismi almasının sebebi, en çok beceriyi ve en az şansı temsil etmesindendir. Modern Japonca'da ise; 8,9,3 "hachi-kyu-san" olarak telaffuz edilir; bu da yakuzaların Japonya'da bazen çağırılış şeklidir.

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