捕らえる – 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

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

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

capture

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to arrest; to capture; to seize

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

ボールを捕とらえて。

Catch the ball.

警けい察さつは殺さつ人じん犯はんを捕とらえた。

The police have caught the murderer.

それを盗ぬすんでいる現げん場ばを捕とらえられた。

He was caught in the very act of stealing it.

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