横取り|よこどりyokodori[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbsnatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 横取りする（よこどりする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 横取りします（よこどりします） |
| Negative (nai) | 横取りしない（よこどりしない） |
| polite (masen) | 横取りしません（よこどりしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 横取りせず・横取りせぬ（よこどりせず・よこどりせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 横取りした（よこどりした） |
| polite (mashita) | 横取りしました（よこどりしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 横取りしなかった（よこどりしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 横取りしませんでした（よこどりしませんでした） |
| Te form | 横取りして（よこどりして） |
| Potential | 横取りできる（よこどりできる） |
| Passive | 横取りされる（よこどりされる） |
| Causative | 横取りさせる（よこどりさせる） |
| Causative passive | 横取りさせられる（よこどりさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 横取りすれば（よこどりすれば） |
| tara | 横取りしたら（よこどりしたら） |
| Volitional | 横取りしよう（よこどりしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 横取りしましょう（よこどりしましょう） |
| Imperative | 横取りしろ（よこどりしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym奪取だっしゅFormalFormal term for taking something by force or arms, as in 「政権奪取」, or wresting it from an opponent in sport; more formal than 「横取り」.
- SynonymぶんどるCasualColloquial for grabbing someone's things outright, as in 「予算を分捕る」; blunter and more forceful than 「横取り」.
- Synonym横奪おうだつWrittenWritten/formal prose for forcibly taking another's property as one's own; rare even in writing. In everyday speech say 「横取り」 or 「奪う」.
- Related盗むぬすむNeutralThe most common everyday word for stealing secretly; also for picking up a skill by watching. 「横取り」 need not be secret — it stresses snatching from the side.
- Related略奪りゃくだつWrittenWritten/formal prose for seizing goods by violence, typically group looting in war or riots; 「横取り」 need not involve force and stresses snatching from the side.
- Related窃盗せっとうFormalFormal legal term for stealing another's property and for the crime of theft, as in 「窃盗罪」; 「横取り」 is the everyday word.
- Related横領おうりょうFormalFormal term for illegally keeping public funds or another's property for oneself, as in 「公金横領」; 「横取り」 means snatching from the side.
- Related盗みぬすみNeutralNoun for the act of stealing, as in 「盗みを働く」; 「横取り」 stresses snatching from the side rather than taking secretly.
- Related着服ちゃくふくFormalFormal term for quietly pocketing money or goods one handles, as in 「会費を着服する」; 「横取り」 is snatching from someone's hands.
- Related掠め取るかすめとるNeutralSteals or tricks something from someone off their guard, as in 「目を盗んで掠め取る」; 「横取り」 stresses snatching from the side what is rightfully another's.
- RelatedかっぱらうCasualColloquial for swiping something while no one's watching, as in 「自転車を掻っ払う」; 「横取り」 focuses on cutting in and taking someone's things or achievements.
- RelatedかっさらうCasualColloquial for grabbing something from the side in one swift motion; can also be used of snatching a title, as in 「優勝を掻っ攫う」. Stresses speed more than 「横取り」.
- RelatedパクるCasualSlang for pilfering, plagiarizing ideas, or arresting someone; 「横取り」 focuses on snatching away what rightly belongs to another.
- Related窃取せっしゅWrittenWritten/formal prose for stealing secretly, as in 「情報を窃取する」; more formal than 「横取り」 and stresses doing it covertly.
- Related盗取とうしゅWrittenWritten/formal prose, rarely used, for stealing property; say 「盗む」 instead in most cases. 「横取り」 stresses snatching from the side.
Use 「横取り」 for snatching someone's things or achievements from the side, as in 「手柄を横取りされる」. For stealing in secret say 「盗む」; for embezzling public funds, 「横領」; colloquially for pilfering, 「パクる」.
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