Illustration: On a breezy riverside path, a woman lunges one short step forward and closes her hand firmly around the brim of her father's windblown hat. Her thumb presses against four curled fingers, visibly trapping the brim just before it can tumble over the railing.

つかむ

tsukamu

to grab, to grasp

Example sentences

だれかが私わたしの腕うでをつかんだ。
Somebody caught me by the arm.
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彼かれはロープをつかんだ。
He caught hold of the rope.
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彼かれは私わたしの手首てくびを掴つかんだ。
He seized me by the wrist.
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