How to say ruffian in Japanese

曲者【くせものkusemono】くせ者・癖者・曲物

noun:

  • ruffian; villain; knave; thief; suspicious fellow
  • peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; stubborn fellow
  • tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
  • expert; master; highly skilled person
  • goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter

Example Sentences

暴漢boukanのnoピストルPISUTORUがga発射hasshaされたsareta。
A ruffian's pistol went off.

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