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3)

とらえどころのない

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Inflections of とらえどころのない
Pitch accent
と ら え ど こ ろ の な い
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Meaning
  1. English · JMdict
    hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
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とらえび

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Pitch accent
と ら え び
Meaning
  1. English · JMdict
    tora velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis acclivis)
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7)

捉とらえる

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Inflections of 捉える
Common
Pitch accent
と ら え る
と ら え る
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of
    ついに反逆者はんぎゃくしゃは捕とらえられ、拘置所こうちしょに入いれられた。
    The rebel was ultimately captured and confined to jail.
  2. 2
    English · JMdict
    to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features)
    なんであれ物事ものごとの本体ほんたいを捕とらえる事ことが肝心かんじんだ。
    No matter what the problem is, it's essential to get at the heart of the matter.
  3. 3
    English · JMdict
    to captivate; to move (one's heart)
Kanji
捉 ソク catch, capture
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8)

ひっ捕とらえる

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Inflections of ひっ捕らえる
Pitch accent
ひ っ と ら え る
Meaning
  1. English · JMdict
    to arrest; to capture; to seize
Kanji
捕 ホ catch, capture
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10)

言葉尻ことばじりを捉とらえる

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Inflections of 言葉尻を捉える
Pitch accent
こ と ば じ り を と ら え る
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Meaning
  1. English · JMdict
    to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words
Kanji
言 ゲン say, word 葉 ヨウ leaf, plane, lobe 尻 コウ buttocks, hips, butt 捉 ソク catch, capture
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12)

泥棒どろぼうを捕とらえて縄なわを綯なう

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Inflections of 泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う
Pitch accent
ど ろ ぼ う を と ら え て な わ を な う
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Meaning
  1. English · JMdict
    starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught
    See also: 泥縄 (どろなわ), 泥縄式 (どろなわしき)
Kanji
泥 デイ mud, mire, adhere to 棒 ボウ rod, stick, cane 捕 ホ catch, capture 縄 ジョウ straw rope, cord 綯 トウ twist, make rope
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14)

盗人ぬすびとを捕とらえて見みれば我わが子こなり

Pitch accent
ぬ す び と を と ら え て み れ ば わ が こ な り
✨
Meaning
  1. English · JMdict
    the doting parent's purse is plundered; the thief caught turns out to be one's own son
Kanji
盗 トウ steal, rob, pilfer 人 ジン person 捕 ホ catch, capture 見 ケン see, hopes, chances 我 ガ ego, I, selfish 子 シ child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
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