捕獲|ほかくhokaku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbcapture; seizure
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 捕獲する（ほかくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 捕獲します（ほかくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 捕獲しない（ほかくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 捕獲しません（ほかくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 捕獲せず・捕獲せぬ（ほかくせず・ほかくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 捕獲した（ほかくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 捕獲しました（ほかくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 捕獲しなかった（ほかくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 捕獲しませんでした（ほかくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 捕獲して（ほかくして） |
| Potential | 捕獲できる（ほかくできる） |
| Passive | 捕獲される（ほかくされる） |
| Causative | 捕獲させる（ほかくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 捕獲させられる（ほかくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 捕獲すれば（ほかくすれば） |
| tara | 捕獲したら（ほかくしたら） |
| Volitional | 捕獲しよう（ほかくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 捕獲しましょう（ほかくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 捕獲しろ（ほかくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym捕まえるつかまえるNeutralThe everyday word for catching people or animals, as in 「タクシーを捕まえる」. 「捕獲」 is more written and mostly about taking animals alive.
- Synonym捉えるとらえるNeutralTo capture, but also to grasp features or understand something. 「捕獲」 mostly means capturing animals, and can mean seizing enemy ships.
- Synonym拿捕だほWrittenWritten term for seizing a foreign vessel, as in 「漁船拿捕」. 「捕獲」 mostly means capturing animals alive, but it too can mean seizing enemy ships.
- Synonym召し捕るめしとるWrittenArchaic word for officials arresting a criminal. 「捕獲」 centres on capturing animals rather than people.
- Synonym捕捉ほそくWrittenWritten-style word for catching a target or signal. 「捕獲」 centres on capturing animals.
- Synonym捕縛ほばくWrittenWritten word for seizing and binding a person, i.e. arrest. 「捕獲」 centres on capturing animals.
- Synonym絡め取るからめとるNeutralTo catch someone and tie them up; figuratively, to entangle a person in trouble. 「捕獲」 is about capturing wild animals.
- Related捕るとるNeutralA verb for catching fish or insects. 「捕獲」 is a noun with a more written flavour.
- Related取り押さえるとりおさえるNeutralTo hold down or subdue someone causing a disturbance. 「捕獲」 is about capturing wild animals and fish.
- Relatedひっ捕らえるひっとらえるCasualColloquial and emphatic: to seize a culprit in one grab. 「捕獲」 is more written in tone and centres on animals.
- Relatedとっ捕まえるとっつかまえるCasualColloquial with a rough edge: to grab and catch someone. 「捕獲」 is more written in tone and centres on animals.
- Relatedふん捕まえるふんづかまえるCasualColloquial and emphatic: to grab hold of someone firmly. 「捕獲」 is more written in tone and centres on animals.
- Related採捕さいほWrittenWritten, legal-register term for gathering plants and catching animals. 「捕獲」 centres on taking animals alive.
- Related獲るとるWrittenA broad word for getting or acquiring something. 「捕獲」 centres on capturing wild animals, and can also mean seizing enemy ships.
- Antonym放流ほうりゅうNeutralOpposite to 「捕獲」 on capture versus release: 「放流」 means releasing young fish into rivers or lakes.
- Antonym逃逸WrittenOpposite to 「捕獲」 on capture versus escape: 「逃逸」 is a written word for fleeing or getting away.
Use 「捕獲」 for capturing wild animals or fish alive, as in 「クマの捕獲」; it can also mean seizing enemy ships. For seizing a foreign vessel pick 「拿捕」, for catching people 「捕まえる」, for catching a target or signal 「捕捉」, and for catching fish or insects as a verb 「捕る」. The antonym is 「放流」, releasing fish into rivers.
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