| つかまえる つかまる | 46.1% |  to catch ②to grab ③to catch hold of (someone) ④towards (someone)   to be caught ②to hold on to ③to find (e.g. proof) ④to be detained by  | 
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                                    to catch ②to grab ③to catch hold of (someone) ④towards (someone)
                                 
                                
                                
                                    to be caught ②to hold on to ③to find (e.g. proof) ④to be detained by
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                | ホ | 34.0% |    | 
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                                    in flagrante delicto arrest
                                 
                                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    capture (esp. of a foreign vessel)
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                | とらえる とらわれる とる | 18.6% |  to catch ②to grasp (e.g. meaning) ③to captivate   to be caught ②to be seized with (fear, etc.)   to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.)  | 
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                                    to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.)
                                 
                                
                                
                                    capturing alive (an animal or person)
                                 
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to be caught (of a wild animal, fish, baseball, etc.) ②to be able to catch
                                 
                                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    mousetrap ②rat poison ③speed trap ④Japanese rat snake
                                 
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    capture (of a suspect, criminal, etc.)
                                 
                                
                                
                                    fishing, esp. using a net or trap
                                 
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    roundup (criminals, animals, etc.)
                                 
                                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    counting one's chickens before they're hatched
                                 
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
                                 
                                
                                
                                    policeman ②art of defeating (and capturing) an opponent with one's bare hands
                                 
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    (game of) catch-the-child
                                 
                                
                                
                                    to be caught by the enemy
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                | とらえる とらわれる | 1.3% |  to catch ②to grasp (e.g. meaning) ③to captivate   to be caught ②to be seized with (fear, etc.)  | 
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                | Others | 
            
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                                        detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers) ②detective's memoirs
                                     
                                    
                                    
                                        techniques for arresting criminals (Edo period)
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