Illustration: On a quiet Japanese shopping street, two uniformed police officers take an adult into custody beside a parked patrol car. One officer secures handcuffs around the person's wrists while the other opens the rear passenger door and directs them toward it.

JLPT N3suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

逮たい捕ほ

taiho

to arrest

Example sentences

  1. その男性だんせいはスパイとして逮捕たいほされた。

    The man was arrested as a spy.

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  2. あなたを逮捕たいほします。

    You are under arrest.

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  3. 警察けいさつは容疑者ようぎしゃを逮捕たいほした。

    The police arrested the suspect.

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Kanji in 逮捕

  • 逮apprehend; chaseOnタイ
  • 捕catch; captureOnホKunとらえる・とらわれる・とる

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