大だい尽じん

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Meanings

Refers to a person of great wealth, often with a sense of old-fashioned or literary flavor. Can imply inherited wealth or a lavish lifestyle.

彼かれは江え戸どの大だい尽じんとして知しられていた。
He was known as a wealthy magnate of Edo.

noun

big spender; debauchee

Emphasizes extravagant spending and a dissolute lifestyle, often associated with the pleasure quarters in historical contexts.

あの大だい尽じんは遊ゆう郭かくで財ざい産さんを使つかい果はたした。
That big spender squandered his fortune in the pleasure quarters.

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Kanji

大large, big
尽exhaust, use up, run out of

Related words

金かね持もち
金持ち is the common, neutral word for a rich person, while 大尽 is a literary term with a nuance of old-fashioned wealth or extravagance.
成なり金きん
成金 refers to a nouveau riche or upstart, often with a negative connotation, whereas 大尽 suggests established, sometimes hereditary wealth.

Word family

一いち夜や大だい尽じん
rags to riches; overnight millionaire
大だい尽じん振ぶる舞まい
royal treatment; extravagant entertainment
大だい尽じん遊あそび
extravagant spending spree; spending like a millionaire
田舎いなか大だい尽じん
country millionaire; provincial magnate

Written forms

大だい尽じんUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling for this word.
大だい臣じん
Occasional variant spelling noted; easily confused with 大臣 (minister).

Etymology

Developed from 大臣, used figuratively as an honorific for an extremely wealthy patron, especially in the pleasure quarters. The spelling 大尽 emphasizes lavish expenditure and became established for a rich person or big spender.