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摑む is an exact match with one form of the following word:
つかむ
BOOST
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on; to clutch  (often written with kana only)
2. to understand; to grasp; to comprehend  (often written with kana only)
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Usefulness and usage:
• Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 89,682 which gives a rank of 6,760
つかむ is the most useful form. 5 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 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 43,000 (about 11,900,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 10214
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
よ
読
んで
み
見
て
わたしはその
ほん
本
の
ぜんたい
全体
の
いみ
意味
をつかんだ。
I grasped the whole meaning of the book by reading.
わたし
私
たち
は
かれ
彼
の
い
言
お
うとする
いみ
意味
をつかむことができなかった。
We could not get at his meaning.
けいかん
警官
は
に
逃
げる
どろぼう
泥棒
の
うで
腕
をつかんだ。
The policeman caught fleeing thief by the arm.
掴む
BOOST
Reading : つかむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 54,000 (about 8,050,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N3
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2397 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 8396
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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把む
BOOST
Reading : つかむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 160,000 (about 494,000 results)
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捉む
BOOST
Reading : つかむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 195,000 (about 301,000 results)
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攫む
BOOST
Reading : つかむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 179,000 (about 401,000 results)
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摑む
BOOST
Reading : つかむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 230,000 (about 77,100 results)
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掴
つかまる to be caught   つかむ    つかまえる to catch   
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扌
hand
国
コク   くに country   
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玉
ギョク   たま jewel   
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王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
囗
box, enclosure   
把
ハ    grasp; bundle   
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巴
ともえ comma shape, shape of magatama   
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己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
捉
ソク   とらえる to capture, seize   
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足
ソク   あし foot; leg   たす to add   たる    たりる to be sufficient   
攫
snatch away
摑
つかむ to catch   つかまえる to catch; to arrest; to seize   
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國
コク   くに country   
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或
ある a certain   
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戈
tasseled spear
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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