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JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

捕とる

toru

to catch an animal or ball

Example sentences

  1. きのう魚さかなを３匹びき捕とった。

    I caught three fish yesterday.

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  2. 私わたしは網あみで鯉こいを捕とった。

    I caught a carp in a net.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 巣すは複雑ふくざつそうに見みえるが、クモが巣すを作つくって昆虫こんちゅうを捕とるのに時間じかんはほとんどかからない。

    And though a web looks complicated, it takes a spider little time to make one and catch insects.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 捕

  • 捕catch; captureOnホKunとらえる・とらわれる・とる

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