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捕
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in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of someone in the act of committing a crime
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hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
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to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
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mousetrap; rattrap
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rat poison
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Colloquial
speed trap
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Japanese rat snake
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to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words
Examples
すぐ人の言葉尻を捕らえて非難するよな。
Quick to pounce on what people say and pick on them.
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Idiomatic expression
counting one's chickens before they're hatched; counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught
