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捕る とる N2

  1. to capture; to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.)

召し捕る めしとる

  1. to apprehend; to arrest
  2. to call; to summon

分捕る ぶんどる

  1. to capture; to plunder; to seize
  2. to grab away; to snatch away; to steal

生け捕る いけどる

  1. to capture alive; to catch alive; to take prisoner

取る とる N5

  1. to catch; to grab; to hold; to pick up; to take
  2. to give; to hand; to pass
  3. to acquire; to earn; to get; to obtain; to receive; to take (e.g. a vacation); to win
  4. to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to choose; to take (a measure, attitude, etc.)
  5. to get rid of; to remove; to take off
  6. to rob; to steal; to take away
  7. to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
  8. to catch (e.g. fish); to extract (e.g. juice); to gather; to harvest (a crop); to pick (e.g. flowers)
  9. to occupy; to set aside; to spare; to take up (time, space)
  10. to keep; to put aside; to reserve; to save; to secure
  11. to grasp; to interpret; to make out; to take (e.g. a joke); to understand
  12. to record; to take down
  13. to buy; to get; to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper); to take
  14. to have delivered; to order
  15. to charge; to fine; to take (tax)
  16. to accept; to adopt; to take (e.g. a wife); to take on (e.g. an apprentice)
  17. to take (the rudder); to take control of
  18. to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play
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