番長

Japanese

Kanji in this term
番	長
ばん Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ばんちょー [báꜜǹchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [bã̠ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

番(ばん)長(ちょう) • (banchō) ^{←ばんちやう (bantyau)^?}

(historical) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
(slang) leader of a delinquent gang

Hyponyms

すけばん (sukeban, “female leader of a delinquent gang”)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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