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noun
The absolute leader of a yakuza clan. He has an advisor called a saiko-komon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a Japanese supervisor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: supervisor
History
Borrowed from Japanese 親分 (literally “foster parent”).
