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1 exact word match found in search '泥棒'
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thief; burglar; robber; theft
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10 words found beginning with '泥棒'
noun
clockwise rotation (when playing cards, etc.)  (see also: 時計回り; CODE dated MISSING!)
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pencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends  (see also: 貧乏削り:びんぼうけずり)
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expression
starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught  (see also: 泥縄, 泥縄式; proverb)
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noun
kleptocracy
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noun
kleptocrat
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noun
1. thieving cat
2. adulterer; homewrecker  (derogatory)
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noun
professional thievery  (yojijukugo)
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noun
underhand character; thievish nature  (yojijukugo)
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Most common form: 泥棒猫
noun
1. thieving cat
2. adulterer; homewrecker  (derogatory)
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expression
starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught  (see also: 泥縄, 泥縄式; proverb)
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8 words found containing '泥棒' in any position
expression
throwing good money after bad  (idiomatic expression)
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noun
jewel thief
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expression
merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites); robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise  (derogatory; proverb; archaic)
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noun
clockwise rotation (when playing cards, etc.)  (see also: 時計回り; CODE dated MISSING!)
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expression
it's (so cheap it's) a steal!; take it away, thief  (shouted by vendors at market stalls, etc.)
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noun
thief who steals money from the offerings box at a shrine or temple; offerings thief
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noun
(work) shirker; goldbricker; good-for-nothing employee; salary thief  (derogatory)
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Most common form: 大どろぼう
noun
master thief; notorious robber
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