捕とり手て

noun

policeman; official who captures offenders

Archaic term for a law enforcement officer in historical contexts, especially in the Edo period. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、捕とり手てが罪ざい人にんを追おいかける場ば面めんがよく出でてくる。

  In period dramas, scenes of a policeman chasing a criminal often appear.

noun

art of bare-handed capture

Martial arts term for techniques of subduing and capturing an opponent without weapons. Historical usage; modern martial arts may use other terms.

• 捕とり手ては、武ぶ器きを使つかわずに相あい手てを捕とらえる武ぶ術じゅつの一ひとつだ。

  Torite is one of the martial arts for capturing an opponent without using weapons.