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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

捕つかまえる

N4
つかまえる tsukamaeru
  1. to seize
ichidan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

抓住;逮住

Examples

  • その男おとこは少しょう年ねんの手てをつかまえた。
    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"
  }
}