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Learn Hardcore Japanese: tukamaeru - to catch

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 57
/tsukamaeru

tsukamaeru

Word

捕つかまえるtsukamaeru

Meaning

to catch

Part of speech

group 2, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of tsukamaeru

小ちいさい　犬いぬ　が　家いえ　から　逃にげた　ので、　姉あね　と　一緒いっしょ　に　捕つかまえました。chiisai inu ga ie kara nigeta node, ane to issho ni tsukamaemashita.

A small dog ran away from the house, so my older sister and I caught it together.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

公園こうえん　で　逃にげた　子犬こいぬ　を　捕つかまえるの　を　手伝てつだいましたkouen de nigeta koinu o tsukamaeruno o tetsudaimashita

I helped catch a puppy that had run away in the park.

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