ドロボウ
Meanings
Noun
1. thief; burglar; robber
If you do that, you'll become a thief.
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
2. theft; burglary; robbery
I hear that guy stole something.
Pitch accent
ド
ロボウ
Composed of
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
Used in vocabulary (29 in total)
thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker
it's (so cheap it's) a steal!; (lit.) take it away, thief
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
master thief; notorious robber
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
(work) shirker; goldbricker; good-for-nothing employee; (lit.) salary thief
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
thief who steals money from the offerings box at a shrine or temple; offerings thief
rustler; cattle thief
flower thief; stealing flowers
underhand character; thievish nature
auto theft; car thief
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 (66 in total)
He is a thief.
The thief ran away.
He is alleged to have been a thief.