奪うばう

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

take by force; snatch; rob; deprive

Physical or abstract taking against someone's will. Common with objects, rights, lives, and abstract things like freedom or time.

• 犯はん人にんは店みせから現げん金きんを奪うばった。

  The criminal stole cash from the store.

• 戦せん争そうが多おおくの命いのちを奪うばった。

  The war took many lives.

• その事じ故こで彼かれは視し力りょくを奪うばわれた。

  He was deprived of his eyesight in the accident.

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

captivate; absorb attention; fascinate

Used in set phrases like 心を奪う (steal one's heart) or 目を奪う (dazzle the eyes). Describes something so striking it seizes attention.

• 彼かの女じょの美うつくしさに心こころを奪うばわれた。

  I was captivated by her beauty.

• その絵えは見みる人ひとの目めを奪うばう。

  That painting dazzles the eyes of those who see it.