掴まえる

つかまえる

to catch

N4 #3,252

Meanings

also 捕まえる

  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

その子こは猫ねこのしっぽを掴つかまえた。 The boy caught the cat by the tail. #210188