とらえる – Vocabulary details

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 pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words

to impress; to charm

どうとらえればいいかしら。

How should I interpret this?

全ぜん部ぶをマイナスにとらえちゃう。

I end up seeing everything negatively.

とらえ方かたによっては、そういうことになる。

Depending on how you interpret it, that is what it amounts to.

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