こそどろ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
こそ泥
コソ泥

Etymology

Short for こそこそ泥棒(どろぼう) (kosokoso dorobō).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こそどろ [kòsódóró] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞so̞do̞ɾo̞]

Noun

こそどろ or コソどろ • (kosodoro) ←こそどろ (kosodoro)?

  1. petty thief; small-time thief

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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