Word Meaning 賽銭泥棒

さいせんどろぼう saisendorobou

賽銭泥棒 is read as さいせんどろぼう (saisendorobou) and means thief who steals money from the offerings box at a shrine or temple.

Meaning

English

  1. thief who steals money from the offerings box at a shrine or temple
  2. offerings thief

Reading

Kana

さいせんどろぼう

Romaji

saisendorobou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 51 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 161230 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

泥棒に追い銭

どろぼうにおいせん

throwing good money after bad

賽銭

さいせん

monetary offering

賽銭箱

さいせんばこ

offertory box

泥棒

どろぼう

theft

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

墓泥棒

はかどろぼう

grave robber

半鐘泥棒

はんしょうどろぼう

very tall person

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