捉える – Vocabulary details

捉とらえる

Meanings

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.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

捉

grab and hold

Pitch accent

と

らえ

る

Conjugations...Used in: 3293

Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

心こころを捉とらえる

to impress; to charm

言こと葉ば尻じりを捉とらえる

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

意い味みを捉とらえる

to grasp the meaning

Examples (9 in total)

どう捉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捉とらえちゃう。

I end up seeing everything negatively.

捉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.

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.

直ちょく後ご、両りょう足あしの底そこが地じ面めんを捉とらえた。

A moment later, the soles of both my feet hit the ground.

一いち応おう尋たずねるが、それは冗じょう談だんと捉とらえていいんだよな？

I'm asking just in case, but it's okay to take that as a joke, right?

もちろん婚こん約やくを軽かるく捉とらえてるわけじゃないけどさ。

Of course, it's not like I'm taking the engagement lightly.

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.

彼かの女じょの歌うた声ごえは、聴きく人ひとをすぐに捉とらえてしまう。