獲

prey; catch; kill; game

spoils; trophy; loot; plunder

acquisition; possession

to catch (a wild animal or fish); to capture; to hunt

to win (a title, prize, etc.); to conquer

to be caught (of a wild animal or fish); to be captured

Transitive verb; Potential form of 獲る

to be able to catch; to be able to win (a title, prize, etc.)

acquired characteristics (as opposed to inherited)

Archaic

the end of things (esp. used for one's last writings)

one's dying hour (esp. used for the death of Confucius)

delegate count

acquired immunity

獲る esp. refers to catching wild game, etc.

to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain; to secure; to attain; to obtain; to win

to understand; to comprehend

to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

得る only; Auxiliary verb; After the -masu stem of a verb

to be able to ..., can ...

capture; seizure

to acquire a position; to hold an appointment

getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke

overfishing; overhunting; indiscriminate fishing; indiscriminate hunting

capture (of enemy weapons, supplies, etc.); seizure; plunder

to catch fish

fishing; catch; haul

haul (catch) (of fish)

catch (fishing); bag (hunting); haul

Idiomatic expression

counting one's chickens before they're hatched; counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught

Proverb

if you run after two hares you will catch neither

acquisition of foreign currency

plunder; spoils; booty; loot

catch of fish

Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore

産女／孕女 only; Rare term

woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth