Word Meaning 盗人の昼寝

ぬすびとのひるね nusubito no hirune

盗人の昼寝 is read as ぬすびとのひるね (nusubito no hirune) and means there's a reason behind every action.

Meaning

English

there's a reason behind every action
a burglar's midday nap (is taken so that he can rob people's houses in the night)

Reading

Kana

ぬすびとのひるね

Romaji

nusubito no hirune

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb ✓ Rank 143054 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

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盗人

ぬすと

thief

盗人にも三分の理

ぬすびとにもさんぶのり

the wrongdoer never lacks a pretext

盗人の上前を取る

ぬすびとのうわまえをとる

taking a cut from a thief's plunder

盗人猫

ぬすっとねこ

thieving cat

昼寝

ひるね

(afternoon) nap

一人寝

ひとりね

sleeping alone

盗人を捕らえて見れば我が子なり

ぬすびとをとらえてみればわがこなり

the doting parent's purse is plundered

盗人上戸

ぬすっとじょうご

person who can drink much alcohol without becoming tipsy

盗人に追い銭

ぬすっとにおいせん

throwing good money after bad

盗人根性

ぬすっとこんじょう

thievish nature (character)

盗人猛々しい

ぬすとたけだけしい

brazen-faced (about one's misdeed)

小盗人

こぬすびと

sneak thief