捕まえる
N4つかまえる tsukamaeru
- to seize
ichidan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
抓住;逮住
Examples
- その男は少年の手をつかまえた。The man took the boy by the hand.那个男人抓住了少年的手。
- ここでタクシーをつかまえられますか。Can I catch a taxi here?在这里能打到出租车吗?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ef537ea4a9'); // 捕まえる
{
"id": "ef537ea4a9",
"word": "捕まえる",
"reading": "つかまえる",
"romaji": "tsukamaeru",
"meanings": [
"to seize"
],
"level": "N4",
"pos": [
"v1",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1597780,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "その男は少年の手をつかまえた。",
"furigana": "その{男|おとこ}は{少年|しょうねん}の{手|て}をつかまえた。",
"en": "The man took the boy by the hand.",
"tatoeba_id": 208034
},
{
"ja": "ここでタクシーをつかまえられますか。",
"en": "Can I catch a taxi here?",
"tatoeba_id": 224661
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "9aca3bad145c23cedbc222744a58d253fa7fc3ad3ede22286a2a8502f63a58b2",
"meanings": [
"抓住",
"逮住"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "その男は少年の手をつかまえた。",
"zh": "那个男人抓住了少年的手。"
},
{
"ja": "ここでタクシーをつかまえられますか。",
"zh": "在这里能打到出租车吗?"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n4/ef537ea4a9",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "ee0436f610093b389c1284c543e9240e1013414cf6467c16039ea2a5c3daded1"
}
}