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。