なりきん

なりきん
[成金] ⇒なりあがりもの
成金
an upstart
the new rich (nouveau riche)
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なりきん【成金】
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なりきん【成金】
a person newly rich; 〖F〗 a nouveau riche 《pl. nouveaux riches》; an upstart; a parvenu; 〈集合的に〉 the new(ly) rich.

成金になる gain quick riches; get [become] rich suddenly.

新興成金 the emergent new rich.
石油成金 an oil billionaire.
戦争成金 a war-made millionaire; a war profiteer.
土地成金 a real estate parvenu.
にわか成金 a mushroom [an overnight] millionaire.
成金風(かぜ)

●成金風を吹かせる put on an air of vulgar prosperity.

成金趣味 ostentation.

●やたらに飾りたてた居間はいかにも成金趣味だった. The garish, overdecorated living room was the height of ostentation.


Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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