ドロボウ
Meanings
Noun
1. thief; burglar; robber
Noun
Verb (する)
2. theft; burglary; robbery
Pitch accent
ロボウ
Composed of
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker
master thief; notorious robber
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
tax parasite (e.g. public servant, politician, welfare recipient); tax thief
it's (so cheap it's) a steal!; (lit.) take it away, thief
grave robber; grave robbing
professional thievery
show me a liar, and I will show you a thief
rustler; cattle thief
thief who steals money from the offerings box at a shrine or temple; offerings thief
auto theft; car thief
underhand character; thievish nature
flower thief; stealing flowers
freeloader; slacker; lazy worker who does not deserve his salary
throwing good money after bad
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
preaching burglar; burglar who preaches at the victim about the methods of preventing similar crimes
pencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends
clockwise rotation (when playing cards, etc.)
heavily made-up woman; (lit.) flour-shop burglar
merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites); (lit.) robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise
Examples (60 in total)
He is a thief.
The thief ran away.
He broke into a house.