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 (78 in total)
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
bandit; brigand
rebel; traitor; insurgent
chivalrous thief
cuttlefish; squid
traitor; rebel
air pirate; air piracy
rebels; bandit; robber; traitors
pirated edition; pirated version; bootleg copy
bandit; rebel
pirate flag; black flag; Jolly Roger
mounted bandit (esp. historically in NE China from the end of the Qing dynasty)
leader of a rebel army or band of rebels
petty thief; pilferer; sneak thief
scouring rushes; Equisetum hyemale; common horsetail
rebels against one's lord and one's parents; rebellious (treacherous) subject; traitor
(the stigma of) the name of "rebel"
rebel; insurrectionist; traitor
rebellious child; rebel; traitor
kisslip cuttlefish (Sepia lycidas)
giant squid (Architeuthis martensi)
spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong
pirated CD, DVD, etc.; bootleg (recording)
roving robber; marauder
firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid
bigfin reef squid; oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)
Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)
harm; killing; destruction at the hands of rebels
malicious intent; inclination for wrongdoing; rebellious mind
Pirate Party (political)
boreopacific armhook squid (Gonatopsis borealis)
the remaining bandits
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
shredded and dried squid (a snack)
shredded and dried squid (a snack)
bigfin reef squid; oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)
squid tentacles
fried squid; calamari
you wish!; that's not going to happen; not a chance
you wish!; that's not going to happen; not a chance
Chiroteuthis imperator (species of squid)
kisslip cuttlefish (Sepia lycidas); common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
skua (any bird of family Stercorariidae, incl. the jaegers); pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus); pomarine skua
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
swordtip squid (Photololigo edulis)
paintpot cuttlefish (Metasepia tullbergi)
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); cuttlefish (any species in the family Sepiidae)
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.)
big-time bandit; big-time pirate
damage and ill-treatment
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Madokai's cuttlefish (Sepia madokai)
Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus); golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
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
red squid; neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii)
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.