トンビ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of トンビ – see the following entry.

【鳶とんび】J [noun] Alternative form of 鳶 (tobi, “black kite, Milvus migrans”) [noun] someone who steals things from the front of a house or shop as they pass by [noun] Short for 鳶合羽 (tonbi-kappa, “a caped overcoat”).

(This term, トンビ (tonbi), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)