拉 - Latin, kidnap, crush

taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

abduction issue (esp. of those Japanese abducted by North Korea)

Nicaragua

ramen; Chinese-style noodles

Latin (language)

Sahara

to crush; to squash

Dictionarium Latino Lusitanicum ac Iaponicum (1595 Latin-Portuguese-Japanese dictionary)

Venezuela

to kidnap; to abduct

Lhasa (China)

to crush