拉ら致ち

also: らっち

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拉致する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	拉ら致ちする	拉ら致ちしない
Polite	拉ら致ちします	拉ら致ちしません
Past polite	拉ら致ちしました	拉ら致ちしませんでした
Past	拉ら致ちした	拉ら致ちしなかった
Te-form	拉ら致ちして	拉ら致ちしないで
Desire	拉ら致ちしたい	拉ら致ちしたくない
Potential	拉ら致ちできる	拉ら致ちできない
Passive	拉ら致ちされる	拉ら致ちされない
Causative	拉ら致ちさせる	拉ら致ちさせない
Causative passive	拉ら致ちさせられる	拉ら致ちさせられない
Volitional	拉ら致ちしよう
Polite volitional	拉ら致ちしましょう
Imperative	拉ら致ちしろ	拉ら致ちするな
Conditional	拉ら致ちすれば	拉ら致ちしなければ
Tara conditional	拉ら致ちしたら	拉ら致ちしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

kidnapping; abduction; taking captive

Refers to forcibly taking someone away, often used in news reports about abductions or hostage situations. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.

北きた朝ちょう鮮せんによる拉ら致ち問もん題だいは未み解かい決けつのままだ。
The abduction issue by North Korea remains unresolved.
犯はん人にんは社しゃ長ちょうを拉ら致ちして身代金みのしろきんを要よう求きゅうした。
The criminal kidnapped the company president and demanded a ransom.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を拉ら致ちするto abduct someone
何なに者ものかがその子こ供どもを拉ら致ちした。
Someone abducted the child.
〈人ひと〉が〈場ば所しょ〉で拉ら致ちされるfor someone to be abducted at a place
その男だん性せいは海かい岸がんで拉ら致ちされた。
The man was abducted at the beach.
〈人ひと〉に拉ら致ちされるto be abducted by someone
彼かれは何なに者ものかに拉ら致ちされた。
He was abducted by unknown persons.

Kanji

拉Latin, kidnap, crush
致doth, do, send

Related words

誘ゆう拐かいN1
誘拐 is the general word for kidnapping (often of children or for ransom), while 拉致 stresses forcible abduction, frequently in political or criminal contexts.
連つれ去さる
連れ去る is a plain verb meaning to take someone away by force, whereas 拉致 is the more formal noun used especially in news reports about abductions.
連れん行こう
拉致 means abduction or kidnapping and always implies an illegal or violent act, while 連行 is neutral and often used for lawful police action.

Opposites

解かい放ほうN2
解放 means to release or set free, the opposite process to 拉致, which is to seize and hold someone captive.

Word family

拉ら致ちる
kidnap; abduct · drag along; force to go
拉ら致ち問もん題だい
abduction issue; North Korean abduction issue
拉ら致ち監かん禁きん
abduction and confinement
拉ら致ち被ひ害がい者しゃ
abduction victim; abductee

Written forms

拉致Usage100%
- らち
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading らち is the most common.
- らっち
  Alternate reading らっち is less common and may be considered non-standard or dialectal.
らっち

Etymology

The kanji 拉 means 'to crush' or 'to abduct', and 致 means 'to cause' or 'to bring about'. Together they form a compound meaning 'to take by force'. The reading らち is the standard on'yomi; らっち is a variant.