Word Meaning 亡者

もうじゃ mouja

亡者 is read as もうじゃ (mouja) and means person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.).

Meaning

English

person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.)
person with a blind lust (for)
the dead
ghost

Reading

Kana

もうじゃ

Romaji

mouja

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Rank 24176 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

亡命者

ぼうめいしゃ

refugee

亡き者

なきもの

dead person

亡命希望者

ぼうめいきぼうしゃ

asylum seeker

亡き者にする

なきものにする

to kill

亡者船

もうじゃぶね

ship of the dead which appears if you go fishing the night of the Bon festival

死亡者

しぼうしゃ

the deceased

政権亡者

せいけんもうじゃ

one who is obsessed with (getting into, holding on to) political power

金の亡者

かねのもうじゃ

money monger

逃亡者

とうぼうしゃ

runaway

我利我利亡者

がりがりもうじゃ

greedy person

亡命

ぼうめい

fleeing from one's country

亡夫

ぼうふ

deceased husband

Example Sentences

死亡者数は増え続けています。

The number of deaths is increasing.

金の亡者なんかじゃありません。

I am not obsessed with money.

死亡者が出なかったのは不幸中の幸いでした。

It is a consolation that no one was killed.