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    3. 囚われる

    囚われる

    囚とらわ​れ​る​

    to be caught

    KMT10News #43+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab10 strokes

    捕らわれる捕われる捉われる

    とらわれる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to be caught, to be captured, to be taken prisoner, to be arrested, to be apprehended
    2.
    to be seized with (fear, etc.), to be a slave to, to stick to, to adhere to, to be swayed by
    word usually written using kana alone

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    彼かれは過か去この失しっ敗ぱいに囚とらわれている。

    He is caught up in past failures.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychologypsychology
    恐きょう怖ふに囚とらわれて、彼かれは一いっ歩ぽも動ごけなかった。

    Seized by fear, he couldn't move an inch.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychologypsychology
    彼かの女じょは常じょう識しきに囚とらわれず、新あたらしい発はっ想そうを生うみ出だした。

    She was not bound by common sense and created new ideas.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychologyphilosophy
    彼かれは世せ間けんの目めに囚とらわれ、自じ分ぶんの意い見けんを言いえなかった。

    He was bound by public opinion and couldn't express his own views.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    権けん力りょくに囚とらわれると、人ひとはしばしば道みちを見み失うしなう。

    When people are seized by power, they often lose their way.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law

    Characters that make up this word

    囚
    とら.われる…(1)
    captured・criminal・arrest・catch
    Kanji
    わ
    wa
    Kana
    れ
    re
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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