JLPT N4 vocabulary
捕まえる: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
つかまえる0Heiban · flat
Ichidan verb (ru-verb)
Meaning
- to catch, to capture, to arrest, to seize, to restrain
- to grab, to clutch, to grasp, to seize, to hold on to
- 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
- towards (someone), at (someone), in (someone's) face
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 捕まえる | 捕まえ |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 捕まえ | 捕まえ |
| Polite presentます形 | 捕まえ | 捕まえ |
| Polite pastました形 | 捕まえ | 捕まえ |
| Te-formて形 | 捕まえ | 捕まえ |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 捕まえ | 捕まえ |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 捕まえ | 捕まえ |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 捕まえ | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 捕まえ | 捕まえ |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 捕まえ | 捕まえる |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 捕まえ | 捕まえ |
| Passive受身形 | 捕まえ | 捕まえ |
| Make / let使役形 | 捕まえ | 捕まえ |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 捕まえ | 捕まえ |