真ま人にん間げん

noun

good citizen; honest person; respectable member of society

Refers to a person who has reformed or become a law-abiding, morally upright member of society, often after a delinquent past. Commonly used in contexts of rehabilitation or turning over a new leaf.

• 彼かれは真ま人にん間げんになって、今いまでは真面目まじめに働はたらいている。

  He turned over a new leaf and now works diligently.

• 元もとヤンキーだったけど、今いまは真ま人にん間げんとして暮くらしている。

  He used to be a delinquent, but now he lives as a respectable member of society.