泥棒
N4どろぼう dorobou
- thief
noun
Chinese meanings
小偷
Examples
- そこの乞食が泥棒である事がわかった。The beggar turned out to be a thief.发现那边的乞丐是个小偷。
- 泥棒はこっそり家に入った。The thief slipped into the house.小偷偷偷溜进了屋子。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('76d7890e5d'); // 泥棒
{
"id": "76d7890e5d",
"word": "泥棒",
"reading": "どろぼう",
"romaji": "dorobou",
"meanings": [
"thief"
],
"level": "N4",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1599340,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "そこの乞食が泥棒である事がわかった。",
"furigana": "そこの{乞食|こじき}が{泥棒|どろぼう}である{事|こと}がわかった。",
"en": "The beggar turned out to be a thief.",
"tatoeba_id": 213632
},
{
"ja": "泥棒はこっそり家に入った。",
"furigana": "{泥棒|どろぼう}はこっそり{家|いえ}に{入|はい}った。",
"en": "The thief slipped into the house.",
"tatoeba_id": 125364
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "a9903277d1a0845d589483021ec8d99e718a92af32fa86243533d3722bcade55",
"meanings": [
"小偷"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "そこの乞食が泥棒である事がわかった。",
"zh": "发现那边的乞丐是个小偷。"
},
{
"ja": "泥棒はこっそり家に入った。",
"zh": "小偷偷偷溜进了屋子。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n4/76d7890e5d",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "ebaaf00518a658023fdfa07b9cfdd84c3962cd8c983463e2f811288a10dabc17"
}
}