掴 - catch, seize, grasp
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catch, seize, grasp, hold, arrest, capture
Readings
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
カク
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
つか.むつか.まえるつか.まる
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Words using 掴
掴むつかむ
to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to clutch; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on
N5Godan verb (mu ending)
胸ぐらを掴むむなぐらをつかむ
to grab (someone) by the collar; to seize (someone) by the lapels
N3Expression
掴みかかるつかみかかる
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
N3Godan verb (ru ending)
引っ掴むひっつかむ
to snatch (at); to grab
N3Godan verb (mu ending)
鷲掴みわしづかみ
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
N3Noun
掴み上げるつかみあげる
to grab up
N3Ichidan verb
溺れる者は藁をも掴むおぼれるものはわらをもつかむ
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
N3Expression
こつを掴むコツをつかむ
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
N3Expression
尻尾を掴むしっぽをつかむ
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to find someone's fault; to get evidence on someone; to get a lead on someone; to grab by the tail
N3Expression
高値掴みたかねづかみ
buying near the top of the market
N3Noun
藁をも掴むわらをもつかむ
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
N3Expression
一掴みひとつかみ
a handful (of)
N3Noun