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    3. 捕まえる

    捕まえる

    捕つかま​え​る​

    to catch

    N4KMT10News #35+1CoreVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab16 strokes

    掴まえる捉まえる

    つかまえる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to catch, to capture, to arrest, to seize, to restrain
    2.
    to grab, to clutch, to grasp, to seize, to hold on to
    3.
    to catch hold of (someone), to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street), to hail (a taxi, waiter, etc.), to hold (someone) back, to detain
    4.
    towards (someone), at (someone), in (someone's) face

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    警けい察さつが泥どろ棒ぼうを捕つかまえた。

    The police caught the thief.

    KMT5Daily LifePolitics & Law
    彼かれは飛とんでくるボールを片かた手てで捕つかまえた。

    He caught the flying ball with one hand.

    KMT10Daily LifeSports & Martial Arts
    彼かの女じょはタクシーを捕つかまえて、急いそいで空くう港こうへ向むかった。

    She hailed a taxi and hurried to the airport.

    KMT10Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    子こ供どもたちは公こう園えんで蝶ちょう々ちょうを捕つかまえようと追おかけていかけていた。

    The children were chasing butterflies in the park, trying to catch them.

    KMT10AnimalsDaily Life
    上じょう司しに捕つかまって、しばらく話はなしを聞きかされた。

    I was caught by my boss and had to listen to him talk for a while.

    KMT10Work & CareerDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    捕
    と.らえる・と.らわれる・と.る・とら.える・とら.われる・つか.まえる…(2)
    catch・capture
    Kanji
    ま
    ma
    Kana
    え
    e
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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