捕まえる

Meanings

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

Part of speech: ichidan verb, transitive

Kanji

• 捕

  Meanings

  catch, capture

  On reading

  ホ

  Kun reading

  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

  Strokes

  10

Example sentences

• 警察が容疑者を捕まえた。

  The policeman got the suspect.

  Tatoeba #176278 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• その男は少年の手をつかまえた。

  The man took the boy by the hand.

  Tatoeba #208034 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• ここでタクシーをつかまえられますか。

  Can I catch a taxi here?

  Tatoeba #224661 · CC BY 2.0 FR