大たい陸りく浪ろう人にん

noun

continental adventurer; Japanese adventurer in mainland Asia (Meiji to end of WWII)

Historical term for Japanese who roamed mainland China and other parts of Asia from the Meiji era to the end of WWII, often involved in political activities, espionage, smuggling, and similar ventures.

• 大たい陸りく浪ろう人にんの中なかには、中ちゅう国ごくで政せい治じ活かつ動どうを行おこなった者ものもいた。

  Among the continental adventurers, there were those who engaged in political activities in China.

• 彼かれの祖そ父ふは戦せん前ぜん、大たい陸りく浪ろう人にんとしてアジア各かく地ちを渡わたり歩あるいた。

  His grandfather roamed various parts of Asia as a continental adventurer before the war.