奪う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うば
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "奪う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
奪う [ùbáꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 奪え [ùbáꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 奪われる ばわれ [ùbáwáréꜜrù]
Causative 奪わせる ばわせ [ùbáwáséꜜrù]
Potential 奪える ばえ [ùbáéꜜrù]
Volitional 奪おう ばお [ùbáóꜜò]
Negative 奪わない ばわない [ùbáwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 奪わなかった ばわなかった [ùbáwáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 奪います ばいま [ùbáímáꜜsù]
Perfective 奪った った [ùbáꜜttà]
Conjunctive 奪って って [ùbáꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 奪えば えば [ùbáꜜèbà]

Verb

(うば) • (ubau) うばふ (ubafu)?transitive godan (stem (うば) (ubai), past (うば)った (ubatta))

  1. to take by force, to rob, to snatch, to pillage
    財布(さいふ)(うば)われた
    Saifu o ubawareta.
    I was robbed of my purse.
  2. (figurative) to fascinate
    すばらしい風景(ふうけい)()(うば)われた
    Subarashii fūkei ni me o ubawareta.
    The beautiful scenery captivated me.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (take by force): (うば)() (ubaitoru)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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