捉える

Meaning

1. v1vt
   to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of
2. v1vt
   to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features)
3. v1vt
   to captivate; to move (one's heart)

Example sentences

• 企業は、競合他社を業界内の狭い範囲で捉えて、本当のライバルを明確に理解してない場合が数多くあります。

  Businesses perceive as competitors a narrow range of the business world; there are many cases where they don't understand their real rivals.

• 革命政府は、民衆から兵をつのって防戦するとともに、共和政治を確立して、捕らえていたルイ１６世を処刑しました。

  The revolutionary government, while raising troops from the masses and fighting a defensive battle, established a republic and executed Louis XVI.

• 捕らえられるまで、鳥には鳥捕りの笛がよい音に聞こえる。

  The fowler's pipe sounds sweet till the bird is caught.