"捕まえる" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [t͡sɨka̠ma̠e̞ɾɯ̟]
Etymology: Possibly from 掴(つか)ま (tsukama, “to grab”, irrealis stem) + ふ (fu, frequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|掴ま|つかま|ふ|linkto1=掴む|pos1=irrealis stem|pos2=frequentative suffix|t1=to grab}} 掴(つか)ま (tsukama, “to grab”, irrealis stem) + ふ (fu, frequentative suffix) Head templates: {{ja-verb|つかまえる|tr=trans|type=2}} 捕(つか)まえる • (tsukamaeru) transitive ichidan (stem 捕(つか)まえ (tsukamae), past 捕(つか)まえた (tsukamaeta)) Forms: 捕まえる [canonical] (ruby: (つか)), tsukamaeru [romanization], 捕まえ [stem] (ruby: (つか)), 捕まえた [past] (ruby: (つか)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 捕まえ [error-unrecognized-form], つかまえ [error-unrecognized-form], tsukamae [error-unrecognized-form], 捕まえる [error-unrecognized-form], つかまえる [error-unrecognized-form], tsukamaeru [error-unrecognized-form], 捕まえれ [error-unrecognized-form], つかまえれ [error-unrecognized-form], tsukamaere [error-unrecognized-form], 捕まえよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 捕まえろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], つかまえよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], つかまえろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], tsukamaeyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], tsukamaero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 捕まえられる [passive], つかまえられる [passive], tsukamaerareru [passive], 捕まえさせる [causative], 捕まえさす [causative], つかまえさせる [causative], つかまえさす [causative], tsukamaesaseru [causative], tsukamaesasu [causative], 捕まえられる [potential], 捕まえれる [colloquial, potential], つかまえられる [potential], つかまえれる [colloquial, potential], tsukamaerareru [potential], tsukamaereru [colloquial, potential], 捕まえよう [volitional], つかまえよう [volitional], tsukamaeyō [volitional], 捕まえない [negative], 捕まえぬ [negative], 捕まえん [negative], つかまえない [negative], つかまえぬ [negative], つかまえん [negative], tsukamaenai [negative], tsukamaenu [negative], tsukamaen [negative], 捕まえず [continuative, negative], つかまえず [continuative, negative], tsukamaezu [continuative, negative], 捕まえます [formal], つかまえます [formal], tsukamaemasu [formal], 捕まえた [perfective], つかまえた [perfective], tsukamaeta [perfective], 捕まえて [conjunctive], つかまえて [conjunctive], tsukamaete [conjunctive], 捕まえれば [conditional, hypothetical], つかまえれば [conditional, hypothetical], tsukamaereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to catch; to take hold of
    Sense id: en-捕まえる-ja-verb-X9bw5ifL Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 47 53
  2. to arrest, to seize
    Sense id: en-捕まえる-ja-verb-wYxeGEY8 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 捕獲する (hokaku suru) (ruby: 捕獲(ほかく)) Derived forms: 犯人を捕まえる (hannin o tsukamaeru) (ruby: 犯人(はんにん), (つか)) (english: to arrest the culprit)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to arrest the culprit",
      "roman": "hannin o tsukamaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "犯人",
          "はんにん"
        ],
        [
          "捕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "犯人を捕まえる"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "掴ま",
        "2": "つかま",
        "3": "ふ",
        "linkto1": "掴む",
        "pos1": "irrealis stem",
        "pos2": "frequentative suffix",
        "t1": "to grab"
      },
      "expansion": "掴(つか)ま (tsukama, “to grab”, irrealis stem) + ふ (fu, frequentative suffix)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from 掴(つか)ま (tsukama, “to grab”, irrealis stem) + ふ (fu, frequentative suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "捕まえる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "捕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえ",
      "roman": "tsukamae",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "捕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえた",
      "roman": "tsukamaeta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "捕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaeta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "つかまえる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "捕(つか)まえる • (tsukamaeru) transitive ichidan (stem 捕(つか)まえ (tsukamae), past 捕(つか)まえた (tsukamaeta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He went fishing and caught a lot of trout.",
          "roman": "Tsuri ni itte yamame o takusan tsukamaeta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "釣",
              "つ"
            ],
            [
              "行",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "捕",
              "つか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "釣りに行ってヤマメをたくさん捕まえた。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to catch; to take hold of"
      ],
      "id": "en-捕まえる-ja-verb-X9bw5ifL",
      "links": [
        [
          "catch",
          "catch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The police finally arrested a suspect in the murder case.",
          "roman": "Keisatsu wa tsui ni satsujin jiken no yōgisha o tsukamaeta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "警察",
              "けいさつ"
            ],
            [
              "殺人事件",
              "さつじんじけん"
            ],
            [
              "容疑者",
              "ようぎしゃ"
            ],
            [
              "捕",
              "つか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "警察はついに殺人事件の容疑者を捕まえた。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to arrest, to seize"
      ],
      "id": "en-捕まえる-ja-verb-wYxeGEY8",
      "links": [
        [
          "arrest",
          "arrest"
        ],
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "つかまえる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡sɨka̠ma̠e̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hokaku suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "捕獲",
          "ほかく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "捕獲する"
    }
  ],
  "word": "捕まえる"
}
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    "Japanese ichidan verbs",
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    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
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    "Japanese shimo ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to arrest the culprit",
      "roman": "hannin o tsukamaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "犯人",
          "はんにん"
        ],
        [
          "捕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "ふ",
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        "pos2": "frequentative suffix",
        "t1": "to grab"
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  "etymology_text": "Possibly from 掴(つか)ま (tsukama, “to grab”, irrealis stem) + ふ (fu, frequentative suffix).",
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    {
      "form": "捕まえる",
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          "捕",
          "つか"
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      "form": "tsukamaeru",
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      "form": "捕まえ",
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          "捕",
          "つか"
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      ],
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえた",
      "roman": "tsukamaeta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "捕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "捕まえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaeta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "捕まえれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかまえれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukamaereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "つかまえる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "捕(つか)まえる • (tsukamaeru) transitive ichidan (stem 捕(つか)まえ (tsukamae), past 捕(つか)まえた (tsukamaeta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He went fishing and caught a lot of trout.",
          "roman": "Tsuri ni itte yamame o takusan tsukamaeta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "釣",
              "つ"
            ],
            [
              "行",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "捕",
              "つか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "釣りに行ってヤマメをたくさん捕まえた。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to catch; to take hold of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "catch",
          "catch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The police finally arrested a suspect in the murder case.",
          "roman": "Keisatsu wa tsui ni satsujin jiken no yōgisha o tsukamaeta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "警察",
              "けいさつ"
            ],
            [
              "殺人事件",
              "さつじんじけん"
            ],
            [
              "容疑者",
              "ようぎしゃ"
            ],
            [
              "捕",
              "つか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "警察はついに殺人事件の容疑者を捕まえた。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to arrest, to seize"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arrest",
          "arrest"
        ],
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "つかまえる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡sɨka̠ma̠e̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "hokaku suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "捕獲",
          "ほかく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "捕獲する"
    }
  ],
  "word": "捕まえる"
}

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