囚われる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
とら
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
捕われる
捕らわれる
捉われる

Pronunciation

Verb

(とら)われる (torawareruとらはれる (torafareru)?intransitive ichidan (stem (とら)われ (toraware), past (とら)われた (torawareta))

Japanese verb pair
active 捕らえる
mediopassive 囚われる
  1. to be caught, captured, imprisoned; to be apprehended, arrested
  2. to be enslaved
  3. to be seized with fear
  4. to adhere (to s.t.), be swayed, influenced

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN