► 名詞
金持ち [(3)かねもち] [coll] [sarcastic] meaning: rich rank: 2
☆ 金持ちに有利な税制 ⇨ The tax system advantageous for the riches
☆ 彼の家は金持ちだ ⇨ His family is rich (☛ Also お金持ち is often used, somewhat softening the tone)
More examples:
- 彼は大金持ちの息子の道楽者だ ⇨ He is a spoiled rich kid who is just fooling around without working
 - 人間社会は金持ちだけが利益を独占する構造になっている ⇨ Human societies are structured so that the riches monopolize profits
 - 大金持ちの邸宅 ⇨ A mansion of a rich person
 - 彼女は大金持ちの二号だ ⇨ She is a mistress of a rich man
 - 彼は大金持ちの御曹司だ ⇨ He is a son of a billionaire
 - 世の中は金持ちが丸儲けするように出来ている ⇨ This world is made so that rich people take all the profit
 - 彼女は大金持ちの家で女中をしていた ⇨ She worked as a maid at a rich family’s house
 - 大金持ちが儲けるために税金を使ってオリンピックをするなんてバカバカしい ⇨ It is ridiculous to do Olympics using tax money so that rich people can cash in
 - 僕が金持ちで無いことに気が付いて彼女の態度は豹変した ⇨ Her attitude did a 180 when she discovered I was not rich
 - 金持ちだけが恩恵を受ける税法 ⇨ Tax laws that benefit only the riches
 - 彼はそんじょそこらの金持ちとは次元が違う ⇨ He is at a totally different level with ordinary rich people you can find anywhere
 - 彼女は大金持ちの出身なので金銭感覚が普通の人と違う ⇨ She is from a very rich family, so her sense of money is different from that of the average people
 - 金持ちだけが得をするというのは不公平だ ⇨ It is unfair that only the riches will benefit
 - 金持ちは全て悪い人で貧乏な人は全て良い人ということはない ⇨ It is not true that all rich people are bad people and all poor people are good people
 - 彼は大金持ちのぼんぼんだ ⇨ He is a prodigal son from a rich family