Moto 盗: Steal; Rob; PilferKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- トウ
- Kun'yomi
- ぬす(む)、ぬす(み)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 127 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (トウ)
- 強盗ごうとうrobber; mugger
- 窃盗せっとうtheft; stealing
- 盗塁とうるいbase stealing; steal
- 盗聴とうちょうinterception (email); wiretap
- 盗難とうなんtheft; robbery
- 盗賊とうぞくthief; robber
- 怪盗かいとうmysterious thief; phantom thief
- 盗作とうさくplagiarism; plagiarised work
- 盗品とうひんstolen goods; loot
- 盗掘とうくつillegal digging; illegal mining
- 盗用とうようembezzlement; fraudulent use
- 盗聴器とうちょうきlistening device; bug
- ごっつん盗ごっつんとうstealing a car by rear-ending it lightly and having a friend jump in and drive off after the driver gets out
- スカート内盗撮スカートないとうさつupskirting
- スカート盗撮スカートとうさつupskirting
- ピッキング盗ピッキングとうburglary by lock picking
- 一盗二婢三妾四妓五妻いっとうにひさんしょうしぎごさいmost thrilling relationships for a man (another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife)
- 三重盗さんじゅうとうtriple steal
- 個人情報の盗難こじんじょうほうのとうなんidentity theft
- 個人情報の窃盗こじんじょうほうのせっとうidentity theft
- 個人情報盗難こじんじょうほうとうなんidentity theft
- 個人情報窃盗こじんじょうほうせっとうidentity theft
- 偸盗ちゅうとうrobber; theft
- 切り取り強盗きりとりごうとうviolent robbery or burglary; killing and robbing (someone)
- 剽盗ひょうとうhighwayman
- 劫盗ごうとうrobbery; robber
- 夜盗やとうnight burglar
- 夜盗虫やとうむしcutworm; army worm
- 夜盗蛾よとうがcabbage armyworm
- 奸盗かんとうevil thief; wicked robber
- 姦盗かんとうevil thief; wicked robber
- 居直り強盗いなおりごうとうburglary turned robbery (i.e. when the burglar is detected)
- 巨盗きょとうbig-time robber
- 強盗にはいるごうとうにはいるto commit a robbery; to burgle
- 強盗に入るごうとうにはいるto commit a robbery; to burgle
- 強盗ほう助ごうとうほうじょaiding and abetting a robbery
- 強盗事件ごうとうじけんrobbery; robbery case
- 強盗団ごうとうだんband of robbers; gang of thieves
- 強盗容疑者ごうとうようぎしゃrobbery suspect
- 強盗幇助ごうとうほうじょaiding and abetting a robbery
- 強盗殺人ごうとうさつじんrobbery and murder; murder during robbery
- 強盗犯ごうとうはんrobber
- 強盗罪ごうとうざい(crime of) robbery
- 悪木盗泉あくぼくとうせんA virtuous person does (should) not commit an act that offends his moral principles no matter how hard pressed he may be
- 押し込み強盗おしこみごうとうhousebreaker; burglar
- 文化の盗用ぶんかのとうようcultural appropriation
- 本盗ほんとうstealing home
- 渇しても盗泉の水を飲まずかっしてもとうせんのみずをのまずbetter starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are
- 狂言強盗きょうげんごうとうfake (staged) robbery
- 白腹盗賊鴎しろはらとうぞくかもめlong-tailed jaeger; long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
Words that use a kun'yomi
Other readings
- 強盗提灯がんどうちょうちんflashlight-like lantern with a freely rotating candle that only directs light forward
- 強盗返しがんどうがえしrotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene
- 押込み強盗おしこみごうとうhousebreaker; burglar
- 浜の真砂は尽きるとも世に盗人の種は尽きまじはまのまさごはつきるともよにぬすびとのたねはつきまじthe sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall
- 物盗りものとりthief; robber
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