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Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of さらふ – see the following entry.
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| 【さらう】
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- 浚う, 渫う: to clear out, to clean out:
- to sweep away completely, to clear away completely, to clean completely
- 攫う, 掠う: as an extension of the completely clear away sense of sarau above:
- to carry someone or something off, to snatch away someone or something, to abduct someone suddenly (with the end result often that the person or thing's whereabouts are unknown)
- (figuratively) to monopolize something for oneself, to take over completely, to take something and leave nothing left
- (rare, possibly obsolete) to shave cleanly
- 復習う: to review or practice something fully and completely
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| (This term, さらふ (sarafu), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)
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