つかまえる
tsukamaeru

Ichidan Verb

1. to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain

Transitive
警察 けいさつ容疑 ようぎ しゃ つかまえた。
kēsatsuga yōgishao tsukamaeta.
The policeman got the suspect.
Ichidan Verb

2. to grab; to clutch; to grasp; to seize; to hold on to

Transitive
その おとこ少年 しょうねん をつかまえた。
sono otokowa shōnenno teo tsukamaeta.
The man took the boy by the hand.
Ichidan Verb

3. to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); to hail (a taxi, waiter, etc.); to hold (someone) back; to detain

Transitive
ここでタクシーをつかまえられますか。
kokode takushiio tsukamaeraremasuka.
Can I catch a taxi here?
Ichidan Verb

4. towards (someone); at (someone); in (someone's) face

Transitive
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