- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common (kanji info)
  1. 1. [v1, vt] to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain
  2. 2. [v1, vt] to grab; to clutch; to grasp; to seize; to hold on to
  3. 3. [v1, vt] 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. 4. [v1, vt] towards (someone); at (someone); in (someone's) face — as 〜をつかまえて

Conjugation — Verb (ichidan)

Dictionary form (tsukamaeru)
Polite (tsukamaemasu)
Past, plain (tsukamaeta)
Past, polite (tsukamaemashita)
Negative, plain (tsukamaenai)
Negative, polite (tsukamaemasen)
Past negative, plain (tsukamaenakatta)
Past negative, polite (tsukamaemasendeshita)
Te-form (tsukamaete)
Potential (tsukamaerareru)
Volitional (tsukamaeyou)
Conditional (―ba) (tsukamaereba)
Passive (tsukamaerareru)
Causative (tsukamaesaseru)
Imperative (tsukamaero)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

The policeman got the suspect.
The man took the boy by the hand.
Can I catch a taxi here?