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渡り者 (わたりもの) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

渡わたり者もの

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Meanings

1

wanderer; drifter; itinerant person

Refers to a person who moves from place to place without a fixed home or job; can carry a slightly rough or unsettled nuance.

彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、渡わたり者ものとして日本にほん中じゅうを旅たびし

Kanji

渡transit, ford, ferry
者someone, person

Related words

旅たび人びと
旅人 is a more neutral or poetic term for a traveler, while 渡り者 emphasizes a rootless, wandering lifestyle.
流ながれ者もの
流れ者 also means a drifter or wanderer, often with a stronger nuance of being an outsider or having a shady past.

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When he was young, he traveled all over Japan as a wanderer.

あの渡わたり者ものは、いつも次つぎの町まちへと去さっていく。

That drifter always moves on to the next town.

渡わたる+者もの

Etymology

Compound of 渡り (wandering) and 者 (person). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since at least the Edo period to describe itinerant workers or wanderers.