さらう
N1 sarau
- to carry off
- to run away with
- to kidnap
- 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。
- 彼は岸から沖へと波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"
}
}