wakashu

  1. Noun.  A boy after early childhood but before his coming-of-age ceremony (archaic) .
  2. Noun.  A role in kabuki traditionally played by a boy of this age category.
  3. Noun.  The soldiers of the oyabun, they perform the tasks that the oyabun gives them without hesitation. (From the (etyl, ja) Yakuza hierarchy).

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