noun
capturing alive; live capture
Refers to the act of catching a person or animal alive, or to the captured being itself. Often used in contexts like hunting, warfare, or pest control.
警察は犯人を生け捕りにした。
The police captured the criminal alive.
そのハンターは熊を生け捕りにすることに成功した。
The hunter succeeded in capturing the bear alive.
捕獲 is a general term for capture, not specifying whether the target is alive or dead. 生け捕り explicitly means capturing alive.
Compound of 生け (ike, continuative form of 生ける 'to keep alive') + 捕り (tori, continuative form of 捕る 'to catch').