How to say "abduction" in Japanese

• 誘拐ゆうかいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe general word for kidnapping: taking a person away, as in news reports of a child kidnapped or a kidnapping for ransom. When you simply mean 'kidnapping', this is the word to use.
  私はエイリアンに誘拐ゆうかいされていた。↗

  I was abducted by aliens.
• 拉致らちCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbEmphasizes seizing a person and carrying them off by force — taking someone captive. Typical of news reports on abduction cases; in Japan it is strongly associated with the North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens.
  彼かれは四よん人にんの警官けいかんによって深夜しんや拉致らちされた。↗

  He was spirited away by four police officers in the middle of the night.
• 略取りゃくしゅCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbRefers specifically to abduction carried out by violence or threats; it is the wording of legal provisions on abduction offenses, so it reads as legal language.

Use 誘拐 as the general word for kidnapping; 拉致 stresses forcibly seizing and carrying a person off; 略取 is the narrower term for abduction carried out by violence or threats.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 誘拐ゆうかいabduction
• 拉致らちtaking captive
• アブダクションabduction
• 外転がいてんabduction
• 拐取かいしゅabduction
• 連れ去りつれさりabduction
• 人さらいひとさらいkidnapping
• 勾引こういんarrest
• 略取りゃくしゅabduction (using violence or threats)