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掴む つかむ N3

  1. to catch; to catch hold of; to clutch; to grab; to grasp; to grip; to hold; to lay one's hands on; to seize
  2. to acquire; to capture; to get; to obtain; to win
  3. to comprehend; to grasp; to understand

空を掴む くうをつかむ

  1. to grasp at the air

溺れる者は藁をも掴む おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ

  1. a drowning man will clutch at a straw

証拠を掴む しょうこをつかむ

  1. to obtain evidence

引っ掴む ひっつかむ

  1. to grab; to snatch (at)

胸ぐらを掴む むなぐらをつかむ

  1. to grab (someone) by the collar; to seize (someone) by the lapels

こつを掴む コツをつかむ

  1. to get the hang of; to learn the secret to

尻尾を掴む しっぽをつかむ

  1. to catch someone out; to find someone's fault; to get a lead on someone; to get evidence on someone; to grab by the tail; to have something on someone; to trip someone up

襟首を掴む えりくびをつかむ

  1. to collar (someone); to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to seize (someone) by the collar

藁をも掴む わらをもつかむ

  1. to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
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