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奪う

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

奪う — “to take away, to snatch, to rob”

奪う (read うばう) means to take away, to snatch, to rob. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a verb.

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うばう

Meaning

to take away, to snatch, to rob

奪う in a sentence

事故じこが命いのちを奪うばった。

The accident took his life.

The kanji in 奪う

奪to snatch away

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