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ヤンキー [gai1]
1. [n] [col]
▶ delinquent (youth)
▶ delinquency
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2826561 マイルドヤンキー 1. young person who stays in their (non-metropolitan) hometown after graduation and drives a car (unlike those who move to a larger city and commute by train); semi-delinquent suburbanite
  ⇐ see: 2401530 ヤンキー座り【ヤンキーすわり】 1. squatting (usu. with elbows on knees)
2. [n]
▶ Yankee
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2120670 ヤン車【ヤンしゃ】 1. low-riding vehicle usually containing a powerful speaker system and owned by a juvenile delinquent; pimped-out ride
  ⇐ see: 1925270 ヤンママ 1. young mother (i.e. early twenties or younger, sometimes previously a juvenile delinquent)
  ⇐ see: 2235750 元ヤン【もとヤン】 1. reformed delinquent; former delinquent youth



History:
5. A 2019-06-23 23:18:51  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Done. The one sentence is for that sense.
  Diff:
@@ -10,4 +9,0 @@
-<gloss>Yankee</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -17,0 +14,4 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>Yankee</gloss>
+</sense>
4. A* 2019-06-23 22:40:20  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I agree, I think we should.
3. A* 2019-06-23 20:49:45  Alan Cheng <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Should we switch the order of the senses? I feel like the "delinquent" usage is by and large the most common.
2. A 2017-03-03 03:26:45  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Tightened xrefs too.
1. A* 2017-02-07 20:35:33  luce
  Diff:
@@ -14 +14 @@
-<misc>&sl;</misc>
+<misc>&col;</misc>

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