“The Yakuza keep everyone in line… they can stop chaos, ” said one gang member.

他们可以阻止混乱， ” 一名帮派成员说。

He believes, in spite of murder, the Yakuza is honorable.

他相信，尽管有谋杀， 但极道是光荣的。

First let’s look at the big four organizations in the Yakuza.

首先让我们看看黑道中的四大组织。

First the Yamaguchi-gumi and then all four of the Yakuza’s main syndicates.

首先是山口组， 然后是 Yakuza 的所有四个主要集团。

The Yakuza have a lot of rules, and if you break them there are two main penalties you can receive.

Yakuza 有很多规则， 如果您违反这些规则， 您将受到两种主要处罚。

Perhaps the Yakuza are not just the richest gangs, but also the smartest.

也许极道不仅是最富有的帮派， 而且也是最聪明的帮派。

In Japan, members of the yakuza crime syndicate are known to chop off their own fingers to make amends for a misdeed.

在日本，黑帮犯罪集团的成员会砍掉自己的手指来弥补自己的罪行。

After the massive tsunami in 2011 the Yakuza again came to the rescue of many people by offering housing and many tons of food.

在 2011 年的大海啸之后，极道再次通过提供住房和大量食物来拯救许多人。

In a paper called “History of the Yakuza” written in 2014, it’s written that in Japan there are somewhere between two and three thousand gangs that we might call Yakuza.

在一篇写于 2014 年的名为“黑帮的历史” 的论文中，写道在日本大约有两三千个我们可以称之为黑帮的帮派。