jmdict 1004430 Active (id#2354467)
こそ泥コソ泥
こそどろコソドロ [sk]
  1. [n] [abbr]
    • sneak thief
    • petty thief
    • cat burglar
    Cross references:
    • ⇔ see: 2639490 こそこそ泥棒 1. sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
History:
    • A 2025-12-15 20:14:41 Jim Breen (id#2354467)
    • A* 2025-12-15 19:20:34 parfait8 (id#2354465)
    • Refs
      Google N-gram Corpus Counts
      ╭─ーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
      │ こそ泥  │ 26,835 │ 54.1% │
      │ コソ泥  │ 13,107 │ 26.4% │
      │ こそどろ │  4,761 │  9.6% │
      │ コソドロ │  4,860 │  9.8% │ add
      ╰─ーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -12 +11,0 @@
      -<re_restr>こそ泥</re_restr>
      @@ -15,2 +14,2 @@
      -<reb>コソどろ</reb>
      -<re_restr>コソ泥</re_restr>
      +<reb>コソドロ</reb>
      +<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
    • A 2018-05-20 05:56:52 Marcus Richert
    • Refs
      ngrams
      こそ泥	536
      コソ泥	445
      seems to be a slight lead for コソ泥 on twitter (and my IME's first suggestion was コソ泥)
    • Diff
      @@ -6,0 +7,3 @@
      +<k_ele>
      +<keb>コソ泥</keb>
      +</k_ele>
      @@ -8,0 +12,5 @@
      +<re_restr>こそ泥</re_restr>
      +</r_ele>
      +<r_ele>
      +<reb>コソどろ</reb>
      +<re_restr>コソ泥</re_restr>
    • A 2011-05-27 06:20:28 Rene Malenfant
    • Refs
      koj, daij
    • Diff
      @@ -12,1 +12,3 @@
      -<gloss>sneak-thief</gloss>
      +<xref type="see" seq="2639490">こそこそ泥棒</xref>
      +<misc>&abbr;</misc>
      +<gloss>sneak thief</gloss>
    • A* 2011-05-27 05:51:05
    • Refs
      GG2, ルミナス和英辞典
    • Diff
      @@ -13,0 +13,2 @@
      +<gloss>petty thief</gloss>
      +<gloss>cat burglar</gloss>
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