拉致|らちrachi[1]atamadaka (head-high)
らっちratchi[1]atamadaka (head-high)
This browser can't play pronunciations (needs Safari 18.4 or later, or Chrome / Edge / Firefox).
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbtaking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 拉致する（らちする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 拉致します（らちします） |
| Negative (nai) | 拉致しない（らちしない） |
| polite (masen) | 拉致しません（らちしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 拉致せず・拉致せぬ（らちせず・らちせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 拉致した（らちした） |
| polite (mashita) | 拉致しました（らちしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 拉致しなかった（らちしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 拉致しませんでした（らちしませんでした） |
| Te form | 拉致して（らちして） |
| Potential | 拉致できる（らちできる） |
| Passive | 拉致される（らちされる） |
| Causative | 拉致させる（らちさせる） |
| Causative passive | 拉致させられる（らちさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 拉致すれば（らちすれば） |
| tara | 拉致したら（らちしたら） |
| Volitional | 拉致しよう（らちしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 拉致しましょう（らちしましょう） |
| Imperative | 拉致しろ（らちしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym誘拐ゆうかいNeutralThe everyday word for kidnapping, including cases done by trickery or enticement; standard in news and legal contexts. 「拉致」 stresses forcible abduction.
- Synonym略取りゃくしゅFormalFormal legal term for taking someone by violence or threats, distinguished from 「誘拐」, which relies on deception; as in 「略取誘拐罪」.
- SynonymかどわかすWrittenOld-fashioned word for luring or tricking someone away, common in period dramas; it stresses deception, while 「拉致」 stresses taking someone by force.
- SynonymかどわすWrittenArchaic verb for forcibly carrying someone off; almost never used in modern Japanese, where 「さらう」 is the everyday choice.
- Synonym拐引かいいんWrittenWritten, rarely used noun for carrying someone off by deception; it stresses trickery, while 「拉致」 stresses force.
- Related連れ去るつれさるNeutralNeutral verb for taking someone away; it need not imply anything illegal and sounds flatter than 「拉致」, with no emphasis on force.
- RelatedさらうNeutralColloquial verb for snatching someone away at an unguarded moment, also used for monopolizing popularity; stresses seizing in one swift move.
- RelatedひっさらうCasualColloquial: to grab someone and carry them off by force; rougher in tone than 「さらう」.
- RelatedかっさらうCasualColloquial: to swiftly snatch things away, or scoop up sand and earth; usually about objects rather than people.
- Related奪い去るうばいさるNeutralTo seize something and make off with it; the object is usually a thing, a life, or hope. It stresses taking away, not specifically abducting people.
- Antonym解放かいほうNeutralAntonym: release or setting free from restraint — the opposite of the forcible abduction that 「拉致」 describes.
Use 「拉致」 for forcibly carrying people off, often in 「拉致問題」. For kidnapping in general say 「誘拐」; in casual speech 「さらう」; for a neutral 'take someone away' use 「連れ去る」. The antonym is 「解放」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
Kanji in this word
English equivalents
