捕らえる – Vocabulary details

捕とらえる

Meanings

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)

Alt. forms

Kanji used

捕

capture

Pitch accent

と

らえ

る

Conjugations...Used in: 2218

Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

ひっ捕とらえる

to arrest; to capture; to seize

引ひっ捕とらえる

to arrest; to capture; to seize

言こと葉ば尻じりを捕とらえる

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

Examples (8 in total)

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.

我われ々われはその泥どろ棒ぼうを捕とらえた。

We captured the thief.

画が家かはその婦ふ人じんの魅み力りょくをうまく捕とらえた。

The artist captured the charm of the lady.

その子こをかんだ犬いぬはその後あとまもなく捕とらえられた。

The dog that bit the child was caught soon after.

テレビ観かん戦せん者しゃはカメラが捕とらえるものしか見みられない。

Television viewers see only what the camera shows.

悪あく名めい高たかい反はん乱らん兵へいはついに捕とらえられ、拘こう置ち所しょに身み柄がらを拘こう束そくされた。

The notorious rebel was ultimately captured and confined to jail.

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Meanings

Alt. forms

Kanji used

Pitch accent

Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

Examples (8 in total)