成り金
なりきん
Noun, Particle
1.
upstart, nouveau riche, new money, new rich, coming into wealth suddenly
derogatory
Noun
2.
piece promoted to gold general
shogi
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Speed1.0x
ITバブル期には多くの成金が生まれた。
Many nouveau riche emerged during the IT bubble era.
将棋で歩が敵陣に入ると成金になる。
In shogi, when a pawn enters the opponent's camp, it promotes to a gold general (narikin).
彼の急な成功は、周囲から成金と揶揄されることもあった。
His sudden success sometimes led to him being ridiculed as nouveau riche by those around him.
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