狗盗

Japanese

Kanji in this term
狗	盗
く Hyōgaiji	とう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
狗盜 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くとー [kùtóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝto̞ː]

Noun

狗(く)盗(とう) • (kutō)

(idiomatic) sneak thief, literally "to steal like a dog"

Derived terms

鶏鳴狗盗(けいめいくとう) (keimeikutō)

References

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

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