Lingaku奪う【うばう】
Frequency rank: 896.
- to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
Godan verb with 'u' ending; transitive verb
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- 奪う【うばう】Frequency rank: 896.
- うばう
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[Person] snatches away [Object]
[Person] takes away [Emotion]
[Person] takes away [Rights]
[Enemy] snatches away [Object]
[Person] takes away [Time]
[Object] takes away [Opportunity]
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- to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
This meaning refers to taking something forcibly or without permission, often in a sudden or aggressive manner. It can be applied to both physical objects and abstract concepts, such as rights or opportunities.
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うばう奪う【うばう】
Refers to the act of snatching away or stealing something from someone.
あたえる与える【あたえる】
Refers to the act of giving or providing something to someone, the opposite of taking.
He gave her a present.
だっかん奪還【だっかん】
Refers to reclaiming or recovering something that was previously taken or lost.
ぬすむ盗む【ぬすむ】
Refers to the act of stealing, similar to 奪う but often implies stealth or secretiveness.
ゆずる譲る【ゆずる】
Refers to giving up or transferring something to someone else voluntarily, the opposite of snatching away.
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Also many incidents of robbery by threats and violence are occurring.
2. わたしたち私達のへいわ平和でしあわせ幸せにみちた満ちたひび日々を、いっしゅん一瞬でうばいさる奪い去るこのてろりずむテロリズムというこうい行為は、まさにぜん全じんるい人類にとってのてき敵といえる言えるでしょう。
The act known as terrorism, that rips away from us in an instant our peaceful days of happiness, is certainly worthy of being called an enemy to all mankind.
Only the other day in a railway accident, without the time to send out a mayday, many people lost their lives.
The savage robbed me of my precious jewels and ran away.
Masked men held up the passengers and robbed them of their money.
The delinquents knocked him down and stole his wallet.
She was robbed of the handbag that she had bought last week.
They deprived the criminal of his rights.