捕まえる

つかまえる

to catch

N4 #3,252

Meanings

also 掴まえる

  1. ichidan verb, transitive 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. as 〜をつかまえて towards (someone); at (someone); in (someone's) face

Its kanji

In sentences

ネズミ、捕つかまえたよ。 I caught a mouse. #9995030

彼かれは警察けいさつに捕つかまえられた。 He was caught by the police. #107939

鳥とりが１羽わ猫ねこに捕つかまえられた。 A bird was caught by a cat. #125840

何なんとかしてできるだけ捕つかまえろ。 Catch as catch can. #187794

彼かれを捕つかまえて。 Catch him. #1515944

彼かれを捕つかまえろ。 Catch him. #1515945

虫むしを捕つかまえる。 I capture insects. #12148526

泥棒どろぼうを捕つかまえた。 We caught the thief. #125340