ちんぴら

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Japanese

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チンピラ
a child or other youth putting on airs and acting arrogantly
a chav, a bogan
a hoodlum, a minor criminal, a hooligan, a punk
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.)