女じょ賊ぞく

noun

female bandit; female robber

Historical term for a woman who engages in banditry or robbery. Not used in modern everyday language.

• その時じ代だいの物もの語がたりには、女じょ賊ぞくがよく登とう場じょうする。

  Female bandits often appear in stories from that era.

noun

woman who distracts men from truth

Only with reading にょぞく

Buddhist derogatory term for a woman seen as a temptress leading men away from spiritual pursuit. Restricted to the reading にょぞく.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうの古ふるい経きょう典てんでは、女にょ賊ぞくは修しゅ行ぎょうの妨さまたげとされることがある。

  In old Buddhist scriptures, a 女賊 (にょぞく) is sometimes regarded as an obstacle to spiritual practice.