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捕まる
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Catch – a cat catches a mouse. The cops catch the robber.
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捕える
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Catch – a little more literary than 捕まる。 You can use 捕らえる to mean catch your prey OR to catch the meaning of a complicated sentence. Or you can use it to mean ‘The author of Condoleeza Rice’s biography really captures her personality well.”
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逮捕
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Caught by police.
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取る
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To catch a ball.
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Both 捕まる and 捕らえる mean ‘catch’ and they can both be used to describe an animal catching prey OR someone grabbing someone else by the arm. PPP TTT
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