捕まえる

Japanese

Alternative forms
  • 捉まえる
  • 掴まえる

Etymology

Possibly from 掴 (つか)ま (tsukama, “to grab”, irrealis stem) + ふ (fu, frequentative suffix).

Kanji in this term
捕
つか
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Verb

捕まえる (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana つかまえる, rōmaji tsukamaeru)

Japanese verb pair
active 捕まえる
mediopassive 捕まる
  1. to catch; to take hold of
    釣 (つ)りに行 (い)ってヤマメをたくさん捕 (つか)まえた。
    Tsuri ni itte yamame o takusan tsukamaeta.
    He went fishing and caught a lot of trout.
  2. to arrest, to seize
    警察 (けいさつ)はついに殺人事件 (さつじんじけん)の容 (よう)疑 (ぎ)者 (しゃ)を捕 (つか)まえた。
    Keisatsu wa tsui ni satsujin jiken no yōgisha o tsukamaeta.
    The police finally arrested a suspect in the murder case.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "捕まえる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 捕まえ つかまえ tsukamae
Continuative (連用形) 捕まえ つかまえ tsukamae
Terminal (終止形) 捕まえる つかまえる tsukamaeru
Attributive (連体形) 捕まえる つかまえる tsukamaeru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 捕まえれ つかまえれ tsukamaere
Imperative (命令形) 捕まえよ¹
捕まえろ²		 つかまえよ¹
つかまえろ²		 tsukamaeyo¹
tsukamaero²
Key constructions
Passive 捕まえられる つかまえられる tsukamaerareru
Causative 捕まえさせる
捕まえさす		 つかまえさせる
つかまえさす		 tsukamaesaseru
tsukamaesasu
Potential 捕まえられる
捕まえれる³		 つかまえられる
つかまえれる³		 tsukamaerareru
tsukamaereru³
Volitional 捕まえよう つかまえよう tsukamaeyō
Negative 捕まえない
捕まえぬ
捕まえん		 つかまえない
つかまえぬ
つかまえん		 tsukamaenai
tsukamaenu
tsukamaen
Negative continuative 捕まえず つかまえず tsukamaezu
Formal 捕まえます つかまえます tsukamaemasu
Perfective 捕まえた つかまえた tsukamaeta
Conjunctive 捕まえて つかまえて tsukamaete
Hypothetical conditional 捕まえれば つかまえれば tsukamaereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
Classical conjugation of "捕まふ" (ハ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 捕まへつかまへtukamafe
Continuative (連用形) 捕まへつかまへtukamafe
Terminal (終止形) 捕まふつかまふtukamafu
Attributive (連体形) 捕まふるつかまふるtukamafuru
Realis (已然形) 捕まふれつかまふれtukamafure
Imperative (命令形) 捕まへよつかまへよtukamafeyo
Key constructions
Negative 捕まへずつかまへずtukamafezu
Contrasting conjunction 捕まふれどつかまふれどtukamafuredo
Causal conjunction 捕まふればつかまふればtukamafureba
Conditional conjunction 捕まへばつかまへばtukamafeba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 捕まへきつかまへきtukamafeki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 捕まへけりつかまへけりtukamafekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 捕まへつつかまへつtukamafetu
Perfect tense (natural event) 捕まへぬつかまへぬtukamafenu
Perfect-continuative tense 捕まへたりつかまへたりtukamafetari

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • 犯 (はん)人 (にん)を捕 (つか)まえる (hannin o tsukamaeru): to arrest the culprit
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