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高等遊民 (koutouyuumin) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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に
高こう
等とう
遊ゆう
民みん
の
よう
な
生せい
活かつ
を
送おく
っ
て
い
た
。
After graduating from university, he lived like an educated loafer without getting a job.
Characters resembling leisured intellectuals often appear in Natsume Soseki's novels.
Kanji 等 etc., and so forth, class (first) 民 people, nation, subjects Related words ニート Modern term for a person not in education, employment, or training; lacks the class and education connotations of 高等遊民.
遊ゆう 民みん General term for an idle person or vagrant; 高等遊民 specifically implies higher education and family wealth.
Etymology Compound of 高等 (higher, advanced) and 遊民 (idle person). Coined in early 20th-century Japan to describe educated individuals who chose not to work, relying on family assets.
