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捕まえる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
捕まえる
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Reading : つかまえる   
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to catch; to arrest; to seize
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 120,803 which gives a rank of 2,754
捕まえる is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 74,000 (about 3,990,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2120 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 11950
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 35 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
これ
いま
まで
わたし
つか
まえた
なか
いちばん
おお
きな
さかな

This is the biggest fish that I have ever caught.
わたし
かれ
へや
部屋
から
しているところ
つか
まえた

I caught him trying to go out of the room.
ちょっと
ついせき
追跡
して
けいかん
警官
かれ
つか
まえた

After a short pursuit, the police caught him.
つかまえる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 124,000 (about 939,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 35 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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掴まえる
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Reading : つかまえる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 234,000 (about 59,500 results)
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捉まえる
BOOST
Reading : つかまえる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 245,000 (about 22,300 results)
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ホ   と    とらえる    つかまえる to catch, to grasp   とらわれる    つかまる to be caught   
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ホ    the first time   
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
dot   
hand
つかまる to be caught   つか    つかまえる to catch   
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コク   くに country   
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ギョク   たま jewel   
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オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
box, enclosure   
ソク   とらえる to capture, seize   
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ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
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