I Love Kanji捕える (toraeru)
捕える (とらえる, toraeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to catch; to capture”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- とらえる
- Romaji
- toraeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab · ichidan verb, transitive
- to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to captivate; to move (one's heart) · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
なんであれ物事の本体を捕らえる事が肝心だ。
No matter what the problem is, it's essential to get at the heart of the matter.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 捕える
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 捕える | とらえる toraeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 捕えます | とらえます toraemasu |
| Negative | 捕えない | とらえない toraenai |
| Polite negative | 捕えません | とらえません toraemasen |
| Past | 捕えた | とらえた toraeta |
| Polite past | 捕えました | とらえました toraemashita |
| Negative past | 捕えなかった | とらえなかった toraenakatta |
| Te-form | 捕えて | とらえて toraete |
| Potential | 捕えられる | とらえられる toraerareru |
| Passive | 捕えられる | とらえられる toraerareru |
| Causative | 捕えさせる | とらえさせる toraesaseru |
| Volitional | 捕えよう | とらえよう toraeyou |
| Imperative | 捕えろ | とらえろ toraero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 捕えれば | とらえれば toraereba |
Kanji in 捕える
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 捕える.
捕まえるつかまえるto catch逮捕たいほarrest捕まるつかまるto be caught捕るとるto catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.)捕獲ほかくcapture捕鯨ほげいwhaling捕虜ほりょprisoner (of war)
Source: JMdict entry 1598960 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.