"どろぼう" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [日本語]

IPA: [do̞ɾo̞bo̞ː] Forms: 泥棒 [alternative], 泥坊 [alternative], ドロボー [alternative]
  1. 盗みを働く人。盗むこと。
    Sense id: ja-どろぼう-ja-noun-QQedZ3Mi
  2. なまけもの。ならずもの。 Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: ja-どろぼう-ja-noun-PeVqHRDr Categories (other): 日本語 廃語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: どろぼ, ぬすっと, 盗賊 Derived forms: 大泥棒, 泥棒草, 泥棒猫, 泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う, 火事場泥棒 Related terms: こそどろ, 火事泥, 警ドロ Translations: thief (英語), robber (英語)

Verb [日本語]

IPA: [do̞ɾo̞bo̞ː]
Forms: 泥棒 [alternative], 泥坊 [alternative], ドロボー [alternative], どろぼう, [imperfective], [imperfective], [imperfective], [continuative], する [terminal], する [attributive], すれ [hypothetical], しろ [imperative], せよ [imperative], どろぼうしない [negative], 未然形 + ない [negative], どろぼうせず [negative, archaic], 未然形 + ず [negative, archaic], どろぼうされる [active, passive, possibly, honorific], 未然形 + れる [active, passive, possibly, honorific], どろぼうします [polite], 連用形 + ます [polite], どろぼうした [past, completive], 連用形 + た [past, completive], どろぼうする [definitive], 終止形のみ [definitive], どろぼうすること [noun-from-verb], 連体形 + こと [noun-from-verb], どろぼうすれば, 仮定形 + ば, どろぼうしろ [imperative], どろぼうせよ [imperative], 命令形のみ [imperative]
  1. 盗む。
    Sense id: ja-どろぼう-ja-verb-yc6avK62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: thieve (英語), rob (英語)

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 名詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 名詞 サ変動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 国際音声記号あり",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "大泥棒"
    },
    {
      "word": "泥棒草"
    },
    {
      "word": "泥棒猫"
    },
    {
      "word": "泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う"
    },
    {
      "word": "火事場泥棒"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "「とりうばう」から転じたとの説、「なまけもの」の語義が本来だとして「どら息子」などの「どら」から転じたとの説など様々あるが、確定的なものはない。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "泥棒",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "泥坊",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ドロボー",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "名詞",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "こそどろ"
    },
    {
      "word": "火事泥"
    },
    {
      "word": "警ドロ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(『後撰夷曲集・九』)〔1672年〕",
          "text": "白浪の濁りてくろきとろほうやすっぱのかはの流なるらん"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(小酒井不木『暗夜の格闘』)〔1925年〕",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "白金",
              "はっきん"
            ],
            [
              "塊",
              "かたまり"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "たった今うちへ泥棒が入って、大切な白金の塊をとってゆきました。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "盗みを働く人。盗むこと。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-どろぼう-ja-noun-QQedZ3Mi"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "日本語 廃語",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "なまけもの。ならずもの。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-どろぼう-ja-noun-PeVqHRDr",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "どろぼー",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[dòróbóó]",
      "tags": [
        "Heiban"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[do̞ɾo̞bo̞ː]"
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼー",
      "raw_tags": [
        "京阪式"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Heiban"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "どろぼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぬすっと"
    },
    {
      "word": "盗賊"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "thief"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "robber"
    }
  ],
  "word": "どろぼう"
}

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 動詞 サ変",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 国際音声記号あり",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "「とりうばう」から転じたとの説、「なまけもの」の語義が本来だとして「どら息子」などの「どら」から転じたとの説など様々あるが、確定的なものはない。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "泥棒",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "泥坊",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ドロボー",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用",
        "語幹"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "し",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "し",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "する",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "する",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すれ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せよ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうしない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + ない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうせず",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + ず",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうされる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "passive",
        "possibly",
        "honorific"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + れる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "passive",
        "possibly",
        "honorific"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうします",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + ます",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうした",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + た",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうする",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうすること",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連体形 + こと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうすれば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仮定形 + ば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうしろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうせよ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命令形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(潤『社会時評』)〔1933年〕",
          "text": "第一専門学校の教授ともあろうものが、泥棒するということからが変っているのに、教授自身は一向それを大それた犯罪だとは思っていないらしい。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "盗む。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-どろぼう-ja-verb-yc6avK62"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "どろぼー",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[dòróbóó]",
      "tags": [
        "Heiban"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[do̞ɾo̞bo̞ː]"
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼー",
      "raw_tags": [
        "京阪式"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Heiban"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "thieve"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "rob"
    }
  ],
  "word": "どろぼう"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 名詞",
    "日本語 名詞 サ変動詞",
    "日本語 国際音声記号あり"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "大泥棒"
    },
    {
      "word": "泥棒草"
    },
    {
      "word": "泥棒猫"
    },
    {
      "word": "泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う"
    },
    {
      "word": "火事場泥棒"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "「とりうばう」から転じたとの説、「なまけもの」の語義が本来だとして「どら息子」などの「どら」から転じたとの説など様々あるが、確定的なものはない。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "泥棒",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "泥坊",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ドロボー",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "名詞",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "こそどろ"
    },
    {
      "word": "火事泥"
    },
    {
      "word": "警ドロ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(『後撰夷曲集・九』)〔1672年〕",
          "text": "白浪の濁りてくろきとろほうやすっぱのかはの流なるらん"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(小酒井不木『暗夜の格闘』)〔1925年〕",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "白金",
              "はっきん"
            ],
            [
              "塊",
              "かたまり"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "たった今うちへ泥棒が入って、大切な白金の塊をとってゆきました。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "盗みを働く人。盗むこと。"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "日本語 廃語"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "なまけもの。ならずもの。"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "どろぼー",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[dòróbóó]",
      "tags": [
        "Heiban"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[do̞ɾo̞bo̞ː]"
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼー",
      "raw_tags": [
        "京阪式"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Heiban"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "どろぼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぬすっと"
    },
    {
      "word": "盗賊"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "thief"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "robber"
    }
  ],
  "word": "どろぼう"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 動詞",
    "日本語 動詞 サ変",
    "日本語 国際音声記号あり"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "「とりうばう」から転じたとの説、「なまけもの」の語義が本来だとして「どら息子」などの「どら」から転じたとの説など様々あるが、確定的なものはない。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "泥棒",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "泥坊",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ドロボー",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用",
        "語幹"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "し",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "し",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "する",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "する",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すれ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せよ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "サ行変格活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうしない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + ない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうせず",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + ず",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうされる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "passive",
        "possibly",
        "honorific"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + れる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "passive",
        "possibly",
        "honorific"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうします",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + ます",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうした",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + た",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうする",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうすること",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連体形 + こと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうすれば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仮定形 + ば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうしろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼうせよ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命令形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(潤『社会時評』)〔1933年〕",
          "text": "第一専門学校の教授ともあろうものが、泥棒するということからが変っているのに、教授自身は一向それを大それた犯罪だとは思っていないらしい。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "盗む。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "どろぼー",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[dòróbóó]",
      "tags": [
        "Heiban"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[do̞ɾo̞bo̞ː]"
    },
    {
      "form": "どろぼー",
      "raw_tags": [
        "京阪式"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Heiban"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "thieve"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "rob"
    }
  ],
  "word": "どろぼう"
}

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