gumi
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gumi
From Japanese
Example Sentences
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The largest of Japan’s yakuza organizations, the Yamaguchi- gumi, and two of its leaders will have their U.S. assets frozen and transactions barred under sanctions announced yesterday by the Treasury Department.
From BusinessWeek • Feb. 24, 2012
"Trigesima secunda Tezcatlacho, locus erat ubi ludebatur pil� ex gumi olli, inter templa."
From American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
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