盗とう難なん

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers to the act or incident of having property stolen. Often used in compounds like 盗難事件 (theft case) or 盗難防止 (theft prevention).

〈物もの〉が盗とう難なんに遭あうto have something stolen; to fall victim to theft
駐ちゅう輪りん場じょうに置おいていた自じ転てん車しゃが盗とう難なんに遭あった。
My bicycle was stolen from the parking area.
盗とう難なんを防ふせぐto prevent theft
このロックは盗とう難なんを防ふせぐために取とり付つけられている。
This lock is installed to prevent theft.
盗難届とうなんとどけを出だすto file a theft report (with the police)
財さい布ふを取とられたので警けい察さつに盗とう難なん届とどけを出だした。
I filed a theft report with the police after my wallet was taken.
盗とう難なん事じ件けんが発はっ生せいするfor a theft incident to occur
先せん週しゅう、この地ち域いきで盗とう難なん事じ件けんが発はっ生せいした。
A theft incident occurred in this area last week.

窃せっ盗とう
窃盗 is the formal legal term for theft (as a crime category), while 盗難 refers to the incident or experience of having something stolen.
強ごう盗とうN3
強盗 specifically means robbery carried out with force or threats, whereas 盗難 covers any kind of theft, including quiet, unnoticed stealing.

遭そう難なんN1
遭難 (そうなん) and 盗難 (とうなん) share the kanji 難 and a similar sound, but 遭難 means being in distress or shipwrecked, not theft.
紛ふん失しつN1
盗難 specifically means theft, while 紛失 only states that something is missing and does not imply it was stolen.
盗とう品ひん
盗難 refers to the act or incident of theft itself, whereas 盗品 refers to the actual stolen items.
盗とう用よう
盗難 describes the incident of having something stolen from a victim's perspective, while 盗用 describes the act of misusing something without authorization.

Compound of 盗 (steal) and 難 (misfortune, difficulty), literally 'theft misfortune'.