noun

  1. capturing alive (an animal or person), something captured alive.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
生け捕り いけどり
 
生け擒 いけどり
生擒
生擒 いけどり

Contained Kanji Breakdown

life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)
catch, capture
つか.まえる ホ と.らえる (7th, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
for the first time, not until
ホ フ はじ.めて (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)