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Meaning of 掴む in Japanese
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掴む, 摑む, 攫む, 把む, 捉むJLPT 3
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Kana Readingつかむ
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Romajitsukamu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `mu' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on; to clutch
- Example sentence
- 先ずは憧れの作家の文章の呼吸をつかむためにひたすら筆写、丸写しをする。 First, in order to get a feel for your favourite author's work, transcribe and copy in full.
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Examples of 掴む, 摑む, 攫む, 把む, 捉む, つかむ in a sentence
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先ずは憧れの作家の文章の呼吸をつかむためにひたすら筆写、丸写しをする。
First, in order to get a feel for your favourite author's work, transcribe and copy in full.
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I've finally got the knack of kendo.
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Hold it with both hands.
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Get the dream.
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I caught her by the hand.
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報道機関は現職議員についてはいつもマル秘情報をつかんでいます。
The press always has something on the incumbent.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 掴む
- Plain Polite
- 掴みます
- Negative
- 掴まない
- Negative Polite
- 掴みません
Past
- Plain
- 掴んだ
- Plain Polite
- 掴みました
- Negative
- 掴まなかった
- Negative Polite
- 掴みませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 掴んで
- Plain Polite
- 掴みまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 掴まれる
- Plain Polite
- 掴まれます
- Negative
- 掴まれない
- Negative Polite
- 掴まれません
Kanji in this word
掴
11 strokes
catch, seize, grasp, hold, arrest, capture
On'Yomi: カク
Kun'Yomi: つか.む, つか.まえる, つか.まる