Word · 単語
捕まえる
Reading つかまえる
to catch
- 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 — as 〜をつかまえて
N4
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例文 · examples
警察が容疑者を捕まえた。
The policeman got the suspect.
sense 1 · to catch
ここでタクシーをつかまえられますか。
Can I catch a taxi here?
sense 3 · to catch hold of (someone)
泥棒を捕まえた。
We caught the thief.
そいつをつかまえて！
Get him!
泥棒に泥棒を捕まえさせよ。
Set a thief to catch a thief.