極道 (ごくどう)wicked; evil; profligate

wicked; evil; profligateadjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
wastrel; scoundrel; villainnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
organized crime; yakuza; underworldnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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Kanji in 極道

積極的せっきょくてきpositive; assertive
積極せっきょくactive; positive
消極的しょうきょくてきnegative; passive
極東きょくとうFar East
極端きょくたんextreme; extremity
南極なんきょくSouth Pole
極右きょくうfar right (in politics); extreme right
極秘ごくひabsolute secrecy
北海道ほっかいどうHokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
報道ほうどうreport (of news); reporting
道みちroad; path
道路どうろroad; highway
都道府県とどうふけんprefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
鉄道てつどうrailroad; railway
報道陣ほうどうじんpress corps
柔道じゅうどうjudo

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