遊ゆう人じん

noun

person of leisure; playboy; idler

Refers to someone without a steady job who spends time on pleasure; can carry a slightly old-fashioned or literary tone. Compare 遊び人 (あそびにん), which is more common in modern speech.

See also: 遊び人 · 遊客 · 道楽者

• 彼かれは定てい職しょくに就つかず、遊ゆう人じんのような生せい活かつを送おくっている。

  He doesn't have a steady job and lives like a man of leisure.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの遊ゆう人じんは、現げん代だいの感かん覚かくとは少すこし違ちがう。

  The playboys of the Edo period were a bit different from the modern idea.