奪う
うばう
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to steal; to rob (someone) of; to dispossess of; to deprive of; to usurp
- to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate; to charm; to dazzle (as 心を〜, 目を〜, etc.)
Kanji
- 奪 rob. Read as うばう.
Example sentences
- 空港で時限爆弾が爆発し１３名もの命を奪った。
A time bomb went off in the airport killing thirteen people. - 機械は仕事から創造的な興味を奪う。
Machinery robs work of creative interest. - 観客は彼の感動的な演技にすっかり心を奪われた。
The audience was carried away by his touching performance. - 我々は交通の足を奪われた。
We were denied transportation. - 火事は13人の命を奪った。
The fire took 13 lives.
Common phrases
- 三振を奪う
- ボールを奪う
- リードを奪う
- バーディーを奪う
- 命を奪う (いのちをうばう) to take someone's life
- 得点を奪う
- 現金を奪う
- 先制点を奪う
- ゴールを奪う
- ポイントを奪う
- 心を奪われる (こころをうばわれる) to be captivated by ...
- 追加点を奪う
- 金品を奪う
- 目を奪われる (めをうばわれる) to be captivated (visually)
- 目を奪う (めをうばう) to dazzle one's eyes
Words containing 奪う
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