Illustration: In a Japanese elementary school courtyard, an animal caretaker has just brought an escaped rabbit under a soft capture net. The net rests securely against the ground, enclosing the alert rabbit without pinning it, while the caretaker kneels and prepares to lift it safely into an open carrier.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

捕ほ獲かく

hokaku

to capture

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしたちは、昨日きのう、森もりに行いき、２頭とうの鹿しかを捕獲ほかくした。

    We went hunting in the forest and caught two deer yesterday.

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  2. 彼かれらはキツネを罠わなで捕獲ほかくしました。

    They trapped the fox.

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  3. トムはウサギを捕獲ほかくするために、わなを仕掛しかけた。

    Tom set traps to catch rabbits.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 捕獲

  • 捕catch; captureOnホKunとらえる・とらわれる・とる
  • 獲seize; getOnカクKunえる

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