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攫う

攫う

Japanese

Verb

Kanji in this term
さら
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

攫う (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana さらう, romaji sarau)

  1. carry off; snatch away
     (かれ) (なみ) (あし) (さら)われた
    Kare wa nami ni ashi o sarawareta.
    He was carried off his feet by the waves.
  2. monopolize; make a thing a person's own
     (かれ)悠々 (ゆうゆう)優勝 (ゆうしょう) (さら)った
    Kare wa yūyū to yūshō o saratta.
    He walked away with the championship.
  3. abduct

Conjugation

Alternative forms

  •  (さら) (sarau)