金持ち・金持|かねもちkanemochi[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounrich person; wealthy person
   金持かねもちが必かならずしも幸福こうふくとは限かぎらない。↗

   The rich are not always happy.

• SynonymリッチCasualColloquial loanword covering both wealth and luxury, as in 「リッチな気分」; mostly used adjectivally.
• Related富者ふしゃWrittenWritten/formal prose term for a rich person, often paired with its opposite 「貧者」; belongs to expository writing rather than everyday speech.
• Related富豪ふごうWrittenWritten term for a wealthy magnate, as in 「大富豪」; carries a more solemn tone than 「金持ち」.
• Related分限者ぶげんじゃWrittenWritten term for a man of wealth with an Edo-period flavor; rarely used in modern Japanese.
• Related資産家しさんかNeutralNeutral word for someone holding substantial assets, as in 「資産家の娘」; more objective and formal than 「金持ち」.
• Antonym貧乏びんぼうNeutralNeutral antonym of 「金持ち」 meaning poor, as in 「貧乏な学生」.

For a rich person, default to 「金持ち」. In written prose use 「富豪」 for a magnate or 「富者」; 「資産家」 stresses substantial assets; 「リッチ」 adds a colloquial, luxurious feel; the opposite, poor, is 「貧乏」.

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1. 財産ざいさんを多おおく持もっている人ひと。また、そのさま。