ならずもの

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ならずもの – see the following entry.

【ならず者】 [noun] a ne'er-do-well, a good-for-nothing, a blackguard, a scoundrel, a rogue [noun] (more specifically) a person with no fixed employment and who makes a living through crime: a thug, a vagabond, a bandit [noun] (more specifically) a person who is beyond the pale and who does what they want: a libertine [noun] someone for whom nothing goes right, someone who is in dire straits Alternative spellings 成らず者, 不成者, 破落戸

(This term, ならずもの, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)