逆ぎゃく玉たま

noun

man who marries a wealthy or upwardly mobile woman; male gold digger

Colloquial abbreviation of 逆玉の輿 (gyaku-tama no koshi), the male counterpart of 玉の輿 (tama no koshi, a woman marrying into wealth). Used for a man who marries a woman of higher economic or social status.

See also: 逆玉の輿

• 彼かれは逆ぎゃく玉たまで、社しゃ長ちょう令れい嬢じょうと結けっ婚こんした。

  He's a male gold digger who married the company president's daughter.

• 逆ぎゃく玉たま狙ねらいで合ごうコンに行いく男だん性せいもいるらしい。

  Apparently some men go to group dates aiming to marry into wealth.