捉まえる

Variants

• 捉まえるつかまえる
• 捕まえるつかまえる
• 掴まえるつかまえる

Meanings

1. towards (someone); at (someone); in (someone's) face
2. to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain
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
4. to grab; to clutch; to grasp; to seize; to hold on to

Kanji used

• 捉capture