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

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.

彼かれは前ぜん例れいのない機き会かいをとらえた。

He seized on the unprecedented opportunity.

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