Illustration: On the floor of a Japanese apartment living room, an adult has just caught an escaped hamster by gently enclosing it in both cupped hands. The hamster's head peeks between their thumbs, but its body is securely supported and cannot dash away.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

捕つかまえる

tsukamaeru

to catch, to capture

Example sentences

  1. 警察けいさつが容疑者ようぎしゃを捕つかまえた。

    The policeman got the suspect.

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  2. 泥棒どろぼうを捕つかまえた。

    We caught the thief.

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  3. そいつをつかまえて！

    Get him!

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Kanji in 捕

  • 捕catch; captureOnホKunとらえる・とらわれる・つかまえる

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