強盗

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 強盗(ごうとう) refers to taking property by force or threat, and to a person who does so.
• Basic usage: It describes someone who takes money from a shop or a bank robber in a novel.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The act and the person
  • English uses robbery for the act and robber for the person. 強盗が入る focuses on the person entering.
• Reading
  • In this word, 強 is read ごう, producing ごうとう.