投機師

Reading

Kana: とうきし

Romaji: toukishi

Definition

noun

1

adventurer; speculator

Kanji

投

Readings: トウ、 な.げる、 -な.げ

Meanings: throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss

機

Readings: キ、 はた

Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

師

Readings: シ、 いくさ

Meanings: expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war

Example Sentence

投機師(とうきし)のエドワードは石油(せきゆ)事業(じぎょう)で大金(たいきん)をえた。

➥The venturer Edward made his the jackpot in the oil business.