Keyword
bandit
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig381
Readings
ぞく
(99%)
Composed of
shellfish
dagger-axe
ten
Used in vocabulary (89 in total)
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
bandit; brigand
rebel; traitor; insurgent
chivalrous thief
pirated edition; pirated version; bootleg copy
cuttlefish; squid
air pirate; air piracy
traitor (to one's country)
rebels; bandit; robber; traitors
bandit; rebel
violent robber; villain
mounted bandit (esp. in north-east China from the end of the Qing dynasty)
pirate flag; black flag; Jolly Roger
female bandit; female robber; woman (who distracts men's search for truth)
violent robber; villain
petty thief; pilferer; sneak thief
leader of a rebel army or band of rebels
scouring rushes; Equisetum hyemale; common horsetail
might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong; (lit.) if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army
rebels against one's lord and one's parents; rebellious (treacherous) subject; traitor
(the stigma of) the name of "rebel"
rebel; insurrectionist; traitor
kisslip cuttlefish (Sepia lycidas)
rebellious child; rebel; traitor
spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
giant squid (Architeuthis martensi)
might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong; (lit.) if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army
Pirate Party (political)
pirated CD, DVD, etc.; bootleg (recording)
roving robber; marauder
firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid
Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)
malicious intent; inclination for wrongdoing; rebellious mind
bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana); oval squid
Ikameshi (rice-filled squid); stuffed squid
harm; killing; destruction at the hands of rebels
Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus); golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
remaining bandits; unconquered rebels; escaped thieves
boreopacific armhook squid (Gonatopsis borealis)
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
Ikameshi (rice-filled squid); stuffed squid
shredded and dried squid (a snack)
shredded and dried squid (a snack)
bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana); oval squid
fried squid; calamari
squid tentacles
squid tentacles
fried squid ring; (fried) calamari
swordtip squid (Uroteuthis edulis)
pickled cuttlefish; pickled squid
kisslip cuttlefish (Sepia lycidas); common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
you wish!; that's not going to happen; not a chance
you wish!; that's not going to happen; not a chance
diamond squid (Thysanoteuthis rhombus); diamondback squid; rhomboid squid
grilled squid
red squid; neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii)
paintpot cuttlefish (Metasepia tullbergi)
Chiroteuthis imperator (species of squid)
skua (any bird of family Stercorariidae, incl. the jaegers); pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus); pomarine skua
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); cuttlefish (any species in the family Sepiidae)
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni)
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Madokai's cuttlefish (Sepia madokai)
big-time bandit; big-time pirate
damage and ill-treatment
shingling with thin cedar or cypress shingles; roof shingled in such a manner (usu. at temples, shrines, etc.)
shingling with thin cedar or cypress shingles; roof shingled in such a manner (usu. at temples, shrines, etc.)
thin cedar or cypress shingles (4.5-6 mm thick, used for shingling roofs of temples, shrines, etc.)
it's hard to discipline one's mind; (lit.) defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard
parasitic jaeger; Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
long-tailed jaeger; long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
squid intestines
Examples (16 in total)
The pirates had no choice but to surrender.
A band of robbers attacked the party.
Watch out for thieves around here.