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    3. 賊

    賊

    賊ぞく

    thief

    KMT10News #36+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab13 strokes

    ぞく

    Noun

    1.
    thief, robber, burglar
    2.
    rebel, insurgent, traitor

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    賊ぞくが村むらを襲おそった。

    Bandits attacked the village.

    KMT8History
    彼かれは賊ぞく軍ぐんに加くわわり、反はん乱らんを起おこした。

    He joined the rebel army and started a rebellion.

    KMT10HistoryMilitary
    警けい察さつは、貴き重ちょうな美び術じゅつ品ひんを盗ぬすんだ賊ぞくの行ゆく方えを追おっている。

    The police are tracking the whereabouts of the thieves who stole valuable artworks.

    KMT10Politics & LawArt & Design
    古こ代だいの記き録ろくには、各かく地ちで略りゃく奪だつを働はたらく賊ぞくの記き述じゅつが多おおく見みられる。

    Ancient records often contain descriptions of bandits who plundered various regions.

    KMT10History
    幕ばく末まつには、新しん政せい府ふに反はん抗こうする賊ぞく徒とが各かく地ちで蜂ほう起きした。

    During the Bakumatsu period, rebels rose up in various regions against the new government.

    KMT10HistoryMilitary

    Kanji that make up this word

    賊
    burglar・rebel・traitor・robber
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