catch, seize, grasp, hold, arrest, capture

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カク

Kun

つか.むつか.まえるつか.まる

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Common Words

掴む摑む攫むTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #1798
1

to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to clutch; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on

Examples
だれかが私の腕をつかんだ
Somebody caught me by the arm.
2

to obtain; to acquire; to get; to win; to capture

3

to understand; to grasp; to comprehend

捕まえる掴まえるかまえる捉まえるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #1925
1

to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain

Examples
警察が容疑者を捕まえた
The policeman got the suspect.
2

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

Examples
その男は少年の手をつかまえた
The man took the boy by the hand.
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

Examples
ここでタクシーをつかまえられますか。
Can I catch a taxi here?
4

As 〜をつかまえて

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

捕まる掴まるかまる捉まるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #2107
1

Usu. 捕まる

to be caught; to be arrested

2

Word usually written using kana alone; Usu. 掴まる

to hold on to; to grasp

Examples
つり革につかまりなさい。電車がすぐ動き出すだろうから。
Hold on to the strap. The train will start to move soon.
私は彼の手にしっかりとつかまった
I held fast to his hand.
3

Word usually written using kana alone

to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

4

Word usually written using kana alone

to be detained by

鷲掴みしづかみ鷲摑みNounFreq #17649
1

grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold

掴み取るつかみ取るかみと摑み取るTransitiveGodan verbFreq #22306
1

to grasp; to get

掴みかかる掴み掛かるかみかかIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #22852
1

to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at

Examples
その男は私につかみかかった
The man made to grab at me.
襟首を掴む襟首をつかむえりくびをつかむExpressionGodan verbFreq #31874
1

to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

Examples
彼はすりの襟首を掴んだ
He seized the pickpocket by the collar.
胸ぐらを掴む胸倉を掴む胸ぐらをつかむむなぐらをつかむExpressionGodan verbFreq #32335
1

to grab (someone) by the collar; to seize (someone) by the lapels

引っ掴む引っつかむっつかGodan verbFreq #33695
1

to snatch (at); to grab

心をつかむ心を掴むこころをつかむExpressionGodan verbFreq #36675
1

to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind

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