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.)
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