田を打つ

たをうつ

to till a rice paddy, to plough a rice paddy (plow)

泥棒

どろぼう

thief, burglar, robber, theft

泥田

どろた

rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom, muddy rice field

打棒

だぼう

batting

牛泥棒

うしどろぼう

rustler, cattle thief

墓泥棒

はかどろぼう

grave robber, grave robbing

大泥棒

おおどろぼう

master thief; notorious robber

花泥棒

はなどろぼう

flower thief, stealing flowers

泥棒猫

どろぼうねこ どろぼうネコ

thieving cat

車泥棒

くるまどろぼう

auto theft, car thief

泥田坊

どろたぼう

vengeful spirit of a rice paddy's former owner (by artist Toriyama Sekien)

半鐘泥棒

はんしょうどろぼう

very tall person

泥棒削り

どろぼうけずり

pencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends

説教泥棒

せっきょうどろぼう

preaching burglar, burglar who preaches at the victim about the methods of preventing similar crimes

給料泥棒

きゅうりょうどろぼう

(work) shirker; goldbricker; good-for-nothing employee; salary thief

泥棒回り

どろぼうまわり

clockwise rotation (when playing cards, etc.)

宝石泥棒

ほうせきどろぼう

jewel thief

月給泥棒

げっきゅうどろぼう

freeloader, slacker, lazy worker who does not deserve his salary

税金泥棒

ぜいきんどろぼう

tax parasite, public servants, politicians