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[v1] Continuative (~i)

捕まえる【つかまえる】

[v1,vt] to catch; to capture; to arrest; to seize; to restrain
[v1,vt] to grab; to clutch; to grasp; to seize; to hold on to
[v1,vt] 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
[v1,vt] note towards (someone); at (someone); in (someone's) face