亡者

もうじゃ

Meanings

1. Noun the dead; ghost
2. person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for) (usu. as 〜の亡者)

Kanji

• 亡 pass away. Read as モウ.
• 者 person. Read as シャ.

Example sentences

• 金の亡者なんかじゃありません。
  I am not obsessed with money.

Words containing 亡者

• 我利我利亡者 (がりがりもうじゃ) greedy person
• 政権亡者 (せいけんもうじゃ) one who is obsessed with (getting into, holding on to) political power
• 金の亡者 (かねのもうじゃ) money monger

And 1 more.

Word lists

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