暴漢|ぼうかんboukan[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounhoodlum; ruffian
   暴漢ぼうかんのピストルが発射はっしゃされた。↗

   A ruffian's pistol went off.

• Synonym凶漢きょうかんWrittenWritten/formal prose for a vicious villain, also an assassin; mostly in news and fiction, and more sinister in tone than 「暴漢」.
• Synonym無頼漢ぶらいかんWrittenWritten/formal prose for a scoundrel, stressing idle living and bad character; not necessarily violent on the spot.
• Synonymならず者ならずものNeutralColloquial for a petty hoodlum or rogue, someone on the fringes of society; does not stress acts of violence.
• Related暴れん坊あばれんぼうCasualColloquial for a rowdy, rough person — usually a child, often with affection — but can also mean a rough adult.
• RelatedヤクザNeutralA yakuza or gangster, i.e. organized crime; not someone who turns violent just once.
• RelatedフーリガンNeutralLoanword, mostly for rowdy football fans but also hooligans in general; 「暴漢」 broadly covers anyone committing violent crime.
• Related凶賊きょうぞくWrittenWritten/formal prose for a ferocious robber, centred on robbery and banditry; more than just someone using force.
• Related暴れ者あばれものNeutralA troublemaker, stressing a rough temperament; does not necessarily attack passers-by.
• Related狼藉者ろうぜきものWrittenWritten/formal prose for a riotous villain, typically a troublemaker in period dramas.
• Related凶徒きょうとWrittenWritten/formal prose for a vicious outlaw, typically a rioter in historical uprisings.
• Related荒くれ者あらくれものNeutralA rough, wild man, stressing a coarse temperament — dockworkers, for example.
• Related乱暴者らんぼうものNeutralSomeone who gets physical, describing the behaviour; more colloquial than 「暴漢」.
• Related荒くれあらくれNeutralColloquial for a rough person or rough manner, stressing character.
• Relatedヤクザ者やくざものNeutralAn idle good-for-nothing of bad character, also someone in the underworld; 「暴漢」 focuses on the act of violent crime.
• Antonym善人ぜんにんNeutralA good person, the opposite of the violent offender that 「暴漢」 denotes.
• Antonym紳士しんしFormalFormal: a gentleman, the opposite of the rough brute that 「暴漢」 denotes.

Use 「暴漢」 for a thug who commits violent crime, as in 「暴漢に襲われる」. For a vicious villain say 「凶漢」, for underworld figures 「ヤクザ」, and for a petty hoodlum 「ならず者」; the opposite is 「紳士」.

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1. 乱暴らんぼうな犯罪行為はんざいこういをする者もの。