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捕まえる つかまえる N4

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

犯人を捕まえる はんにんをつかまえる

  1. to arrest the culprit

とっ捕まえる とっつかまえる

  1. to catch

ひっ捕まえる ひっつかまえる

  1. to collar; to grab; to seize

ふん捕まえる ふんづかまえる

  1. to catch; to grab hold of
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