Word Meaning 泥棒

どろぼう dorobou

泥棒 is read as どろぼう (dorobou) and means theft.

Meaning

English

theft
burglary
robbery
thief
burglar
robber

Reading

Kana

どろぼう

Romaji

dorobou

Writing Variants

泥坊どろぼう dorobou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 準2級 Related Words 物音,物騒 Rank 6367 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

泥棒政治家

どろぼうせいじか

kleptocrat

泥棒政治

どろぼうせいじ

kleptocracy

泥田を棒で打つ

どろたをぼうでうつ

to do something stupid

泥棒根性

どろぼうこんじょう

underhand character

泥棒回り

どろぼうまわり

clockwise rotation (when playing cards, etc.)

泥棒猫

どろぼうねこ

thieving cat

火事場泥棒

かじばどろぼう

someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime

税金泥棒

ぜいきんどろぼう

tax parasite (e.g. public servant, politician, welfare recipient)

説教泥棒

せっきょうどろぼう

preaching burglar

月給泥棒

げっきゅうどろぼう

freeloader

給料泥棒

きゅうりょうどろぼう

(work) shirker

大泥棒

おおどろぼう

master thief

Example Sentences

泥棒！

Stop thief!

泥棒が逃げた。

The thief ran away.

泥棒じゃないよ。

I'm not a thief.

あの泥棒を止めろ！

Stop that thief!

持ってけ、泥棒。

You can have it for nothing.

泥棒を捕まえた。

We caught the thief.

泥棒は逃げ出した。

The thief ran away.

彼は泥棒に入った。

He broke into a house.

私が泥棒だって言うの？

Are you calling me a thief?

泥棒を見て縄をなう。

It's too late to shut the barn door after the horse is stolen.