I Love Kanji捕まえる (tsukamaeru)
捕まえる (つかまえる, tsukamaeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to catch; to capture”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- つかまえる
- Romaji
- tsukamaeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain · ichidan verb, transitive
- to grab; to clutch; to grasp; to seize; to hold on to · ichidan verb, transitive
- 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 · ichidan verb, transitive
- towards (someone); at (someone); in (someone's) face · ichidan verb, transitive · as 〜をつかまえて
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 捕まえる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 捕まえる | つかまえる tsukamaeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 捕まえます | つかまえます tsukamaemasu |
| Negative | 捕まえない | つかまえない tsukamaenai |
| Polite negative | 捕まえません | つかまえません tsukamaemasen |
| Past | 捕まえた | つかまえた tsukamaeta |
| Polite past | 捕まえました | つかまえました tsukamaemashita |
| Negative past | 捕まえなかった | つかまえなかった tsukamaenakatta |
| Te-form | 捕まえて | つかまえて tsukamaete |
| Potential | 捕まえられる | つかまえられる tsukamaerareru |
| Passive | 捕まえられる | つかまえられる tsukamaerareru |
| Causative | 捕まえさせる | つかまえさせる tsukamaesaseru |
| Volitional | 捕まえよう | つかまえよう tsukamaeyou |
| Imperative | 捕まえろ | つかまえろ tsukamaero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 捕まえれば | つかまえれば tsukamaereba |
Kanji in 捕まえる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 捕まえる.
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.)捕えるとらえるto catch捕獲ほかくcapture捕鯨ほげいwhaling捕虜ほりょprisoner (of war)
Source: JMdict entry 1597780 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.