検挙|けんきょkenkyo[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbarrest; roundup
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 検挙する（けんきょする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 検挙します（けんきょします） |
| Negative (nai) | 検挙しない（けんきょしない） |
| polite (masen) | 検挙しません（けんきょしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 検挙せず・検挙せぬ（けんきょせず・けんきょせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 検挙した（けんきょした） |
| polite (mashita) | 検挙しました（けんきょしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 検挙しなかった（けんきょしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 検挙しませんでした（けんきょしませんでした） |
| Te form | 検挙して（けんきょして） |
| Potential | 検挙できる（けんきょできる） |
| Passive | 検挙される（けんきょされる） |
| Causative | 検挙させる（けんきょさせる） |
| Causative passive | 検挙させられる（けんきょさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 検挙すれば（けんきょすれば） |
| tara | 検挙したら（けんきょしたら） |
| Volitional | 検挙しよう（けんきょしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 検挙しましょう（けんきょしましょう） |
| Imperative | 検挙しろ（けんきょしろ） |
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CasualThe everyday word: works for catching people, animals or things; 「検挙」 is restricted to investigative authorities cracking down on crime, in news and official writing.
- Synonym捉えるとらえるWrittenBeyond catching people or animals, it also covers grasping a meaning or capturing a feature; 「検挙」 applies only to investigative crackdowns on crime.
- Synonym取り押さえるとりおさえるNeutralPins someone down and subdues them on the spot, focusing on the action itself; 「検挙」 is an investigative crackdown and need not involve catching anyone on the spot.
- Synonym絡め取るからめとるWrittenCatches and ties someone up; can also figuratively mean ensnaring a person in a trap. A written/formal word, rarely seen in crime reporting.
- Synonym召し捕るめしとるFormalAn old official term for seizing criminals, now mostly heard in period dramas; modern usage prefers 「逮捕」 or 「検挙」.
- Synonymひっ捕らえるひっとらえるCasualAn intensified 「捕らえる」: it means seizing someone forcefully and has a rough, coarse tone; not legal language.
- Synonymとっ捕まえるとっつかまえるCasualVulgar colloquial speech: grabbing a fleeing person or animal in one swift move; for suspects in formal contexts use 「検挙」 or 「逮捕」.
- Synonym捕縛ほばくWrittenSeizing a criminal and tying them up; an old-fashioned written term. 「検挙」 is an investigative crackdown and does not include binding.
- Antonym放免ほうめんWrittenReleasing a suspect found innocent or a prisoner who has served their term; a legal term. Not a direct antonym of 「検挙」, just a related concept.
- Antonym釈放しゃくほうWrittenFreeing someone from custody; common in the news. 「検挙」 does not necessarily involve detention, so this is not a direct antonym.
In news and official writing, 「検挙」 is the word for investigative authorities cracking down on criminal suspects; for the act of actually catching and detaining someone, 「逮捕」 is used. In everyday speech, catching people, animals or things is 「捕まえる」. 「召し捕る」 and 「捕縛」 are old-fashioned terms.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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