Japanese

Alternative forms

• 渫う

Verb

浚う ‎(transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana さらう, romaji sarau)

1. sweep away
   • 2011, NHK News

     釣 (つ)りをしていた男性 (だんせい)が、海 (うみ)に落 (お)ちた釣 (つ)りざおを取 (と)ろうとして波 (なみ)にさらわれ死亡 (しぼう)しました。

     Tsuri o shiteita dansei ga, umi ni ochita tsurizao o torō to shite nami ni saraware shibō shimashita.

     A man who was fishing died when he tried to retrieve a fishing rod that had fallen into the sea and was swept away by a wave.

Conjugation