Associations to the word «Oyabun»
Wiktionary
OYABUN, noun. The Father. The absolute leader in a Yakuza clan. He has an advisor called a Saiko-komon. Besides that he has an army of advocates, accountants, secretaries and advisors.
Dictionary definition
OYABUN, noun. A Japanese supervisor.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.