Word details
取り押さえる
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 取り押さえる.
Dictionary
Entry
1
to seize; to capture; to arrest
Examples
警官はその泥棒を取り押さえた。
The policeman caught the thief.
2
to hold down; to subdue
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
取
take, fetch, take up
8 strokesFrequency 122JLPT N2Grade 3
On
シュ
Kun
と.ると.りと.り-とり-ど.り
Nanori
どる
押
push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of
8 strokesFrequency 789JLPT N2Grade 8
On
オウ
Kun
お.すお.し-お.っ-お.さえるおさ.える
Nanori
おしおすおや
抑
repress, well, now, in the first place, push, shove, press, seal, do in spite of
7 strokesFrequency 834JLPT N1Grade 8
On
ヨク
Kun
おさ.える
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