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捕まえる

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

捕まえる — “to catch, to capture, to seize”

捕まえる (read つかまえる) means to catch, to capture, to seize. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a verb.

Reading

つかまえる

Meaning

to catch, to capture, to seize

捕まえる in a sentence

警察けいさつが泥棒どろぼうを捕まえつかまえました。

The police caught the thief.

The kanji in 捕まえる

捕to catch, to arrest

Words that share a kanji with 捕まえる

逮捕たいほ— arrest, apprehension
捕まるつかまる— to be caught, to be arrested
捕るとる— to catch, to capture, to take (prey)
捕えるとらえる— to catch, to capture, to seize, to apprehend

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