うばう – Vocabulary details

うばう

Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)

1. to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to steal; to rob (someone) of; to dispossess of; to deprive of; to usurp

誰だれかに奪うばわれるものじゃない。It is not something that can be taken away by someone.

2. to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate; to charm; to dazzle

as 心を〜, 目を〜, etc.

目めの前まえの光こう景けいに意い識しきを奪うばわれる。One's attention is captivated by the scene before one's eyes.

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to take someone's life; to kill someone

to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by

to beat someone at their own game; to outdo someone in their specialty

国こく王おうは権けん力りょくをうばわれた。

The king was deprived of his power.

彼かの女じょは財さい布ふをうばわれた。

She was robbed of her purse.

力ちからでうばい、力ちからで従したがえる。

Seize by force, and subjugate by force.

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