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Zach

捕まえる

捉まえる、 掴まえる

Reading

Kana: つかまえる
Romaji: tsukamaeru
Kana
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Definition

v1
vt
1

to catch; to arrest; to seize

Kanji

Readings: ホ、 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、 つか.まる
Meanings: catch, capture
Readings: ソク、 サク、 とら.える
Meanings: catch, capture
Readings: カク、 つか.む、 つか.まえる、 つか.まる
Meanings: catch, seize, grasp, hold, arrest, capture

Example Sentences

(つか)まえた。
➥Got it!
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そいつをつかまえて!
➥Get him!
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警察(けいさつ)泥棒(どろぼう)(つか)まえた。
➥The police caught the thief.
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泥棒(どろぼう)(つか)まえた。
➥We caught the thief.
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警察(けいさつ)(かれ)(つか)まえた。
➥The police have caught him.
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あみでせみを(つか)まえた。
➥We captured cicadas with a net.
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