こそどろ in Japanese

IPA: [ko̞so̞do̞ɾo̞] Forms: こそどろ [canonical], コソどろ [canonical], kosodoro [romanization], こそどろ [hiragana, historical] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Short for こそこそ泥棒(どろぼう) (kosokoso dorobō). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|こそこそ泥棒|こそこそどろぼう}} こそこそ泥棒(どろぼう) (kosokoso dorobō) Head templates: {{ja-noun|コソどろ|hhira=こそどろ}} こそどろ or コソどろ • (kosodoro) ^(←こそどろ (kosodoro)?)

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "こそこそ泥棒",
        "2": "こそこそ どろぼう"
      },
      "expansion": "こそこそ泥棒(どろぼう) (kosokoso dorobō)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Short for こそこそ泥棒(どろぼう) (kosokoso dorobō).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "こそどろ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "コソどろ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kosodoro",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こそどろ",
      "roman": "kosodoro",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "コソどろ",
        "hhira": "こそどろ"
      },
      "expansion": "こそどろ or コソどろ • (kosodoro) ^(←こそどろ (kosodoro)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Crime",
          "orig": "ja:Crime",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "ja:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "petty thief; small-time thief"
      ],
      "id": "en-こそどろ-ja-noun-~Joky5S3",
      "links": [
        [
          "petty thief",
          "petty thief"
        ],
        [
          "small-time thief",
          "small-time thief"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こそどろ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞so̞do̞ɾo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "こそどろ"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "こそこそ泥棒",
        "2": "こそこそ どろぼう"
      },
      "expansion": "こそこそ泥棒(どろぼう) (kosokoso dorobō)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Short for こそこそ泥棒(どろぼう) (kosokoso dorobō).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "こそどろ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "コソどろ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kosodoro",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こそどろ",
      "roman": "kosodoro",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "コソどろ",
        "hhira": "こそどろ"
      },
      "expansion": "こそどろ or コソどろ • (kosodoro) ^(←こそどろ (kosodoro)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese hiragana",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ja:Crime",
        "ja:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "petty thief; small-time thief"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "petty thief",
          "petty thief"
        ],
        [
          "small-time thief",
          "small-time thief"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こそどろ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞so̞do̞ɾo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "こそどろ"
}

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{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "こそどろ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "こそどろ",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "こそどろ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "こそどろ",
  "trace": ""
}

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"こそどろ" meaning in Japanese

Noun