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

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

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

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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

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

to grasp the meaning

その一いち撃げきは彼かれの腹ふく部ぶをとらえた。

The blow caught him in the stomach.

家いえのこちら側がわは朝あさ日ひをとらえる。

This side of the house catches the morning sun.

彼かの女じょの立たち場ばからその問もん題だいをとらえるようにしなさい。

Try to see the problem from her point of view.

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