ちんぴら

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ちんぴら – see the following entry.

【チンピラ】 [noun] a child or other youth putting on airs and acting arrogantly [noun] a chav, a bogan [noun] a hoodlum, a minor criminal, a hooligan, a punk [noun] an apprentice yakuza, a low-ranking gangster, a young member of an organized crime group

(This term, ちんぴら (chinpira), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)