若頭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
若	頭
わか Grade: 6	かしら > がしら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わかが​しら [wàkágáꜜshìrà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ka̠ɡa̠ɕiɾa̠]

Noun

若(わか)頭(がしら) • (wakagashira) 

1. a yakuza member beneath the oyabun and responsible for seeing that his orders are carried out correctly.