Keyword
kidnap
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig708
Readings
かい
(96%)
さら
(1%)
Composed of
left hand
mouth
katana
Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
kidnapping; kidnaping
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
(the crime of) kidnapping (kidnaping)
a kidnapper; an abductor
absconding with money
marriage by abduction; marriage by capture; bride kidnapping
carrying off by deception; kidnap
abducting (legal term)
Examples (7 in total)
The girl was kidnapped.
That child may have been kidnapped on his way home.
Tom was kidnapped.