掴

Meaning

掴 centers on taking hold of something firmly with the hand: catching, seizing, grasping, or capturing. The arrest sense is a specific application of physically restraining someone.

• 掴むつかむ
  N3

  to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to clutch; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on

• 掴みつかみ

  grip

• 鷲掴みわしづかみ

  grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold

• 尻尾を掴むしっぽをつかむ
  N1

  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

• こつを掴むこつをつかむ

  to get the hang of; to learn the secret to

• 一掴みひとつかみ

  a handful (of)

• 引っ掴むひっつかむ

  to snatch (at); to grab

• 掴ませるつかませる

  to let someone hold; to make someone grasp

• 掴みかかるつかみかかる

  to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at

• 掴み上げるつかみあげる

  to grab up

• 掴み取るつかみとる

  to grasp; to get

• 掴み投げつかみなげ

  lifting throw

• 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

• 空を掴むくうをつかむ

  to grasp at the air

• 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

• 藁をも掴むわらをもつかむ

  to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

• 襟首を掴むえりくびをつかむ

  to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

• 証拠を掴むしょうこをつかむ

  to obtain evidence

• 高値掴みたかねづかみ

  buying near the top of the market

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