長者(ちょうじゃ) ちょうじゃ noun wealthy person; millionaire personmoney 1. wealthy person; millionaire A very rich person. Old-fashioned on its own; today mostly in compounds such as 億万長者(おくまんちょうじゃ) and 長者番付(ちょうじゃばんづけ), and in folk tales (わらしべ長者(ちょうじゃ)). 億万長者(おくまんちょうじゃ)になりたい。 I want to be a billionaire. 昔話(むかしばなし)に村(むら)の長者(ちょうじゃ)が出(で)てくる。 A rich man of the village appears in the folk tale. 長者番付(ちょうじゃばんづけ)の上位(じょうい)には、起業家(きぎょうか)の名前(なまえ)がずらりと並(なら)んでいる。 The top of the rich list is lined with the names of entrepreneurs. Common expressions億万長者(おくまんちょうじゃ): billionaire, multimillionaire百万長者(ひゃくまんちょうじゃ): millionaire長者番付(ちょうじゃばんづけ): a rich listわらしべ長者(ちょうじゃ): the folk tale of a man who trades a straw up to a fortune; anyone who rises by small tradesSimilar words金持(かねも)ち: rich person — the everyday word富豪(ふごう): a person of great wealth — formal Related Words Compare: 金持(かねも)ち (rich person) Compare: 富豪(ふごう) (a person of great wealth) general Added 2026.10.12 22:44 · Revised 2026.10.12 22:46 31500/31955_chouja