盗ぬす人びと

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Meanings

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dated term

Dated term for a person who steals; in modern Japanese 泥棒 (どろぼう) is more common. Still understood and appears in proverbs and older texts.

盗ぬす人びとにも三さん分ぶの理り。
Even a thief has his reasons. (proverb)
昔むかし話ばなしにはよく盗ぬす人びとが出でてくる。
Thieves often appear in old tales.

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Expressions

盗ぬす人びとの昼ひる寝ねthere's a reason behind every action
盗ぬす人びとにも三さん分ぶの理りeven a thief has some justification; everyone has their reasons
盗ぬす人びとの上うわ前まえを取とるtaking a cut from a thief's plunder; vile deed
盗ぬす人びとを捕とらえて見みれば我わが子こなりthe doting parent's purse is plundered; the thief caught turns out to be one's own son
浜はまの真砂まさごは尽つきるとも世よに盗ぬす人びとの種たねは尽つきまじthe sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall