aep886 wrote:please define how monster is monster and how Yakuza is Yakuza? guess he is from triads!
mon·ster (mnstr)
n.
1.
a. An imaginary or legendary creature, such as a centaur or Harpy, that combines parts from various animal or human forms.
b. A creature having a strange or frightening appearance.
2. An animal, a plant, or other organism having structural defects or deformities.
3. Pathology A fetus or an infant that is grotesquely abnormal and usually not viable.
4. A very large animal, plant, or object.
5. One who inspires horror or disgust: a monster of selfishness.
adj.
Informal Extremely large; monstrous: a monster hit at the box office; ate a monster steak.
[Middle English monstre, from Old French, from Latin mnstrum, portent, monster, from monre, to warn; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]
ya·ku·za (yäk-zä)
n. pl. yakuza
1. A loose alliance of Japanese criminal organizations and illegal enterprises.
2. A Japanese gangster.
[Japanese, good-for-nothing, gambler, racketeer.]
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yakuza [jəˈkuːzə]
n pl -kuza
1. (Law) the. a Japanese criminal organization involved in illegal gambling, extortion, gun-running, etc.
2. (Law) a member of this organization
[from Japanese ya eight + ku nine + za three, the worst hand in a game of cards]
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