なりきん
Narikin
Other forms: 成り金
成金 (Narikin) is a Japanese noun meaning “upstart, nouveau riche, new money, new rich”.
Meanings
- noun, adjectival nounupstart; nouveau riche; new money; new rich; coming into wealth suddenly
- nounpiece promoted to gold generalorig. meaning
Examples
土地で彼は成り金になった。
Land made him a rich man.
トムは小川さんから多くの人が成金を軽蔑すると聞いた。
Tom learnt from Mr Ogawa that many people have scorn for the nouveau riche.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).