A person who does not follow rules or laws; a rough, untrustworthy, or criminal type. The term carries a strong negative connotation. Occasionally written as 無頼漢.
That man is a well-known ruffian in town.
I was robbed of my money by a thug.
rogue nation; rogue state
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling.
Kanji spelling using 成る; less common but still seen.
Ateji spelling; rarely used and may not be recognized by all readers.
Derived from the negative form of the verb 成る (なる, 'to become') + 者 (もの, 'person'), literally 'a person who does not become (something proper)', i.e., a good-for-nothing or lawless person. The ateji spelling 破落戸 uses characters meaning 'break', 'fall', and 'door', but this is a phonetic assignment without etymological basis.