Chinpira
Also read: ちんぴら
チンピラ (Chinpira) is a Japanese noun meaning “(young) hoodlum, delinquent boy, delinquent girl, hooligan”.
Meanings
- noun(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; delinquent girl; hooligan; punk
- nounsmall-time yakuza
- nounbrat; little shit
Examples
その若者が女の子をちんぴらの連中から救った。
The young man saved the girl from a bunch of hoodlums.
昨夜会社からの帰宅の途中で、私はチンピラの一団に徹底的に叩きのめされてしまった。
I was beaten up by a gang of hoodlums on the way home from work.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).