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金持ち  [(3)かねもち]  [coll]  [sarcastic]    meaning:  rich  rank: 2
☆ 金持ちに有利税制 ⇨ The tax system advantageous for the riches
☆ は金持ちだ ⇨ His family is rich  (☛ Also お金持ち is often used, somewhat softening the tone)


More examples:
  • 彼女金持ちの出身なので金銭感覚普通違う ⇨ She is from a very rich family, so her sense of money is different from that of the average people
  • 彼女金持ちの二だ ⇨ She is a mistress of a rich man
  • が金持ちでいことにいて彼女態度豹変した ⇨ Her attitude did a 180 when she discovered I was not rich
  • 人間社会は金持ちだけが利益独占する構造になっている ⇨ Human societies are structured so that the riches monopolize profits
  • 彼女金持ちの女中をしていた ⇨ She worked as a maid at a rich family’s house
  • 金持ちのドラ息子 ⇨ A rich boy with affluenza
  • には金持ちの父親ろにいている ⇨ He has his very rich father behind him (backing, supporting him)
  • 金持ちの邸宅 ⇨ A mansion of a rich person
  • あいつんちは金持ちだ ⇨ His family is very rich
  • が金持ちなので大学下駄かせてもらって入学した ⇨ He was given tall shoes, got a help, to be accepted by the college because his parents are rich
  • はそんじょそこらの金持ちとは次元違う ⇨ He is at a totally different level with ordinary rich people you can find anywhere
  • 高慢な金持ちの ⇨ A condescending rich woman
  • は金持ちがよりえるようになっている ⇨ The world is set up so that the riches get fatter, richer
  • 金持ちは貧乏ということはない ⇨ It is not true that all rich people are bad people and all poor people are good people
  • 金持ちの御曹司だ ⇨ He is a son of a billionaire