邯かん鄲たん師し

noun

bedroom thief

Rare, literary term for a thief who steals from bedrooms, often while the occupant is asleep. Not used in modern everyday language.

• 邯かん鄲たん師しは、寝ねている人ひとの寝しん室しつから金きん品ぴんを盗ぬすむ泥どろ棒ぼうを指さす古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。

  Kantanshi is an old word for a thief who steals valuables from a sleeping person's bedroom.