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to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain
to grab; to clutch; to grasp; to seize; to hold on to
to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); to hail (a taxi, waiter, etc.); to hold (someone) back; to detain
towards (someone); at (someone); in (someone's) face
問題の本質を捉まえることが重要だ。
Grasping the essence of the problem is key.
要点を捉まえて説明してほしい。
I'd like you to grasp the main points and explain.
記者が政治家の矛盾を捉まえた。
The reporter caught the politician's contradiction.