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Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 成らず (narazu, the classical negative form of 成る (naru, “to become”) with overtones of “not turning out correctly” or “unacceptable, not right”) + 者 (mono, “person”).
First cited to a text from 1657.
Pronunciation
Noun
ならず者 • (narazumono)
- a ne'er-do-well, a good-for-nothing, a blackguard, a scoundrel, a rogue
- (more specifically) a person with no fixed employment and who makes a living through crime: a thug, a vagabond, a bandit
- Synonyms: やくざ (yakuza), 無頼漢 (buraikan), ごろつき (gorotsuki)
- (more specifically) a person who is beyond the pale and who does what they want: a libertine
- Synonyms: 道楽者 (dōrakusha), (rare) ならずめ (narazume)
- someone for whom nothing goes right, someone who is in dire straits
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