エコノミックアニマル

noun

economic animal; profit-driven person

Derogatory term originally used in South and Southeast Asia in the 1960s–70s to criticize Japanese people perceived as single-mindedly pursuing economic gain.

• 当とう時じ、日本にほん企き業ぎょうの海かい外がい進しん出しゅつに対たいして「エコノミックアニマル」という批ひ判はんが向むけられた。

  At that time, criticism was directed at Japanese companies' overseas expansion, calling them 'economic animals.'

• 彼かれは利り益えきのことしか考かんがえないエコノミックアニマルだと言いわれている。

  He is said to be an economic animal who thinks only about profit.