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奪う (うばう, ubau) Japanese meaning: take by force | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 2,000 Conjugation 奪う · godan verb (-u)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 奪うば う 奪うば わない Polite 奪うば います 奪うば いません Past polite 奪うば いました 奪うば いませんでした Past 奪うば った 奪うば わなかった Te-form 奪うば って 奪うば わないで Desire 奪うば いたい 奪うば いたくない Potential 奪うば える 奪うば えない Passive 奪うば われる 奪うば われない Causative 奪うば わせる 奪うば わせない Causative passive 奪うば わせられる also 奪うば わされる 奪うば わせられない also 奪うば わされない Volitional 奪うば おう Polite volitional 奪うば いましょう Imperative 奪うば え 奪うば うな Conditional 奪うば えば 奪うば わなければ Tara conditional 奪うば ったら 奪うば わなかったら
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The criminal stole cash from the store.
He was deprived of his eyesight in the accident.
Expressions· 7 心こころ を 奪うば う be captivated; be fascinated; steal one's heart 目め を 奪うば う dazzle; captivate; hold one's gaze お 株かぶ を 奪うば う beat someone at their own game; outdo someone in their specialty Show 2 more 議ぎ 席せき を 奪うば う unseat someone in an election; defeat a sitting member 匹ひっ 夫ぷ も 志こころざし を 奪うば うべからず even a lowly person's will cannot be taken away; a person's convictions should be respected Kanji 奪 rob, take by force, snatch away Related words· 9 盗む describes taking something secretly without the owner noticing, while 奪う implies taking by force or overpowering resistance.
取る is a neutral, general verb for taking or picking something up, whereas 奪う adds the sense of depriving someone against their will.
強奪する is a stronger, more formal word specifically for violent robbery, while 奪う is broader and can apply to abstract things too.
奪う is the common everyday verb for taking something away, while 奪取 is a formal noun/する-verb used for deliberate, often organized seizure.
Show 5 more 奪う is the general word for forcibly taking something away (money, freedom, life), while 剥ぐ in its figurative sense specifically evokes stripping someone of rank or dignity, often with humiliation.
奪う means to snatch or forcibly take something away (often a physical object), while 乗っ取る specifically means seizing control of an organization, system, or vehicle.
横取り specifically means snatching something that rightfully belongs to another person, often sneakily, while 奪う is a broader word for taking or seizing by force.
Opposites 与える means to give something to someone, the direct opposite of 奪う, which means to take it away.
奪う means to take something away by force, the opposite of 譲る's sense of willingly handing something over to someone else.
奪う means to take away or deprive, the opposite of 施す's sense of giving or bestowing.
Don't confuse with 攫う means to snatch or carry someone/something off suddenly (as in kidnapping or a wave sweeping something away), while 奪う focuses on forcibly taking possession or rights.
奪う describes someone actively taking something away from another, while 失う describes the loser's own experience of losing it.
Word family scramble; fierce competition; struggle for
scramble for; struggle for; fight over
snatch away; plunder; grab
take back; recapture; reclaim
Etymology The kanji 奪 combines 大 (big) and 隹 (bird) with 寸 (hand), suggesting a large bird seizing something. The reading うばう is native Japanese; the exact derivation is uncertain.
略りゃく 奪だつ
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奪う is the general verb for taking something away by force from one person or thing, whereas 略奪 specifically denotes large-scale, often lawless plundering.
奪う focuses on forcibly taking something away from someone's possession, whereas 攫う emphasizes the act of carrying the person or thing off suddenly.
plunder; snatch away; rob
