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狙う (ねらう): to aim at — Japanese vocabulary

狙う is read ねらう and means "to aim at". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

狙う

Reading
ねらう · nerau
Translation
to aim at
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ねらうが

Example

彼はその兵士をねらって矢を放った。

かれはそのへいしをねらってやをはなった。

He shot an arrow at the soldier.

Kanji in this word

  • 狙 — Aim At, Sight, Shadow

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