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：2026/01/12
さらう
Kanji
攫う
Verb
figuratively
obsolete
possibly
rare
Japanese Meaning
人や物を無理やり連れ去る、奪い去ること。誘拐する、さらっていく。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ひとやものを、むりにとって、どこかへもっていくこと。あとでどこにいるかわからなくなることがある
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
绑架 / 拐走 / 抢走
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
擄走 / 綁架 / 搶走
Korean Meaning
납치하다 / 유괴하다 / 앗아가다
Indonesian
menculik / menyambar dan membawa pergi / membawa kabur (hingga tak diketahui keberadaannya)
Vietnamese Meaning
bắt cóc (đưa đi mất) / cướp giật, cuỗm mất / mang/lôi đi mất
Tagalog Meaning
dukutin / agawin nang biglaan at dalhin palayo / tangayin hanggang sa hindi na matagpuan
Sense（1）
to carry someone or something off, to snatch away someone or something, to abduct someone suddenly (with the end result often that the person or thing's whereabouts are unknown)
Sense（2）
(figuratively) to monopolize something for oneself, to take over completely, to take something and leave nothing left
Sense（3）
(rare, possibly obsolete) to shave cleanly
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to carry someone or something off, to snatch away someone or something, to abduct someone suddenly (with the end result often that the person or thing's whereabouts are unknown)
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さらう
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I saw a stranger snatch away a child late at night.
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夜遅く、見知らぬ男が子どもをさらうのを目撃した。
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