怪盗

Japanese

Kanji in this term
怪	盗
かい Grade: S	とう Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 怪盜 (MC kˠuɛi^H dɑu^H, literally “odd, peculiar + thief”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) かいとー [kàítóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ka̠ito̞ː]

Noun

怪盗 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 怪盜, hiragana かいとう, rōmaji kaitō, historical hiragana くわいたう)

a phantom or mysterious thief (a stock character from Japanese fiction)
- 1999 March 27, “魅み惑わくの怪かい盗とう [The Bewitching Phantom Thief]”, in Vol.2, Konami:
  
  黒 (くろ)いマントをはおるキザな怪 (かい)盗 (とう)。杖 (つえ)を振 (ふ)って、相 (あい)手 (て)を魅 (み)了 (りょう)する。
  Kuroi manto o haoru kiza na kaitō. Tsue o futte, aite o miryō suru.
  A smug phantom thief in a black cape. He mesmerizes his opponents with a mere cane swing.

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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