捕える – Vocabulary details

捕とらえる

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of

刹せつ那なのことだったが、彼かの女じょの目めは、しっかりと矢やを捉とらえている。It was a fleeting moment, but her eyes were firmly fixed on the arrow.

2. to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features)

どう捉とらえればいいかしら。How should I interpret this?

3. to captivate; to move (one's heart)

このゲームは子こ供どもたちを捉とらえて離はなさない。This game has children completely captivated.

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to arrest; to capture; to seize

to arrest; to capture; to seize

早はや起おきの鳥とりは虫むしを捕とらえる。

The early bird catches the worm.

彼かれらは彼かれを捕とらえ、バージニアのモンロー砦とりでに連れん行こうした。

They seized him and took him to Fort Monroe, Virginia.

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