Illustration: In a sheltered Japanese coastal inlet, armed sea raiders pull a small wooden boat alongside a merchant vessel and hook a ladder over its rail. One raider climbs aboard with a short sword at his waist while another passes stolen cloth bundles down to an accomplice.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

海かい賊ぞく

kaizoku

pirate

Example sentences

  1. トムは海賊かいぞくの格好かっこうをしている。

    Tom is wearing a pirate costume.

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  2. 海賊かいぞくは降伏ごうぶくするしかなかった。

    The pirates had no choice but to surrender.

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  3. かつてこの海域かいいきには海賊かいぞくがよく出没しゅつぼつしていた。

    Pirates once appeared frequently in this area of the sea.

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Kanji in 海賊

  • 海sea; oceanOnカイKunうみ
  • 賊burglar; rebelOnゾク

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