捕まえる

Meaning

1. v1vt
   to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain
2. v1vt
   to grab; to clutch; to grasp; to seize; to hold on to
3. v1vt
   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. v1vt
   towards (someone); at (someone); in (someone's) face

Example sentences

• 母猫は鳥を捕まえに出かけた。

  The mother cat went out hunting birds.

• 捕まえた。

  Got it!

• 父は昨日魚を三匹捕まえた。

  My father caught three fish yesterday.