I Love Kanji奪う (ubau)
奪う (うばう, ubau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to take (by force); to take away”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- うばう
- Romaji
- ubau
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to steal; to rob (someone) of · godan verb, transitive
- to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate; to charm; to dazzle · godan verb, transitive · as 心を〜, 目を〜, etc.
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 奪う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 奪う | うばう ubau |
| Polite (~masu) | 奪います | うばいます ubaimasu |
| Negative | 奪わない | うばわない ubawanai |
| Polite negative | 奪いません | うばいません ubaimasen |
| Past | 奪った | うばった ubatta |
| Polite past | 奪いました | うばいました ubaimashita |
| Negative past | 奪わなかった | うばわなかった ubawanakatta |
| Te-form | 奪って | うばって ubatte |
| Potential | 奪える | うばえる ubaeru |
| Passive | 奪われる | うばわれる ubawareru |
| Causative | 奪わせる | うばわせる ubawaseru |
| Volitional | 奪おう | うばおう ubaou |
| Imperative | 奪え | うばえ ubae |
| Conditional (~ba) | 奪えば | うばえば ubaeba |
Kanji in 奪う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 奪う.
Source: JMdict entry 1416340 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.