捕まえる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
つか
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
捉まえる
掴まえる

Etymology

Possibly from (つか) (tsukama, to grab, irrealis stem) + (fu, frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「捕まえる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
捕まえる かまえる
Imperative (命令形) 捕まえろ かまえろ
Key constructions
Passive 捕まえられる かまえられる
Causative 捕まえさせる かまえさせる
Potential 捕まえられる かまえられる
Volitional 捕まえよう かまえよ
Negative 捕まえない かまえない
Negative perfective 捕まえなかった かまえなかった
Formal 捕まえます かまえま
Perfective 捕まえた かまえた
Conjunctive 捕まえて かまえて
Hypothetical conditional 捕まえれば かまえれ

Verb

(つか)まえる (tsukamaerutransitive ichidan (stem (つか)まえ (tsukamae), past (つか)まえた (tsukamaeta))

Japanese verb pair
active 捕まえる
mediopassive 捕まる
  1. to catch; to take hold of
    ()りに()ってヤマメをたくさん(つか)まえた
    Tsuri ni itte yamame o takusan tsukamaeta.
    He went fishing and caught a lot of trout.
  2. to arrest, to seize
    警察(けいさつ)はついに殺人事件(さつじんじけん)容疑者(ようぎしゃ)(つか)まえた
    Keisatsu wa tsui ni satsujin jiken no yōgisha o tsukamaeta.
    The police finally arrested a suspect in the murder case.

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