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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

さらう

N1
sarau
  1. to carry off
  2. to run away with
  3. to kidnap
  4. to abduct
godan verbtransitive

Also written 攫う

Chinese meanings

掠走;夺走

Examples

  • 彼女は全部の賞をさらって行った。
    She carried off all the prizes.
    她把所有奖项都拿走了。
  • 彼かれは岸きしから沖おきへと波なみにさらわれていった。
    He was carried by the waves away from the shore and out to sea.
    他被浪从岸边卷向海里。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6eaf31b290'); // さらう
{
  "id": "6eaf31b290",
  "word": "さらう",
  "reading": "さらう",
  "romaji": "sarau",
  "meanings": [
    "to carry off",
    "to run away with",
    "to kidnap",
    "to abduct"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5u",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1593870,
  "other_forms": [
    "攫う"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼女は全部の賞をさらって行った。",
      "en": "She carried off all the prizes.",
      "tatoeba_id": 88210
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は岸から沖へと波にさらわれていった。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{岸|きし}から{沖|おき}へと{波|なみ}にさらわれていった。",
      "en": "He was carried by the waves away from the shore and out to sea.",
      "tatoeba_id": 108713
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "45a71df8edb87bd5c8d73488bc6756b8c51721e268f01f1cb472099ea8fd6b77",
    "meanings": [
      "掠走",
      "夺走"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼女は全部の賞をさらって行った。",
        "zh": "她把所有奖项都拿走了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は岸から沖へと波にさらわれていった。",
        "zh": "他被浪从岸边卷向海里。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/6eaf31b290",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1593870; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "4627f754c761dee669603e3b08e6000a2e8c14a9164a33b193a3d53152694588",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}