掴む
つかむ · tsukamu
To seize, to catch, to grasp, to grip, to grab, to clutch, to hold, to catch hold of, to lay one's hands on
- to obtain, to acquire, to get, to win, to capture
- to understand, to grasp, to comprehend
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 掴みますつかみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 掴みませんつかみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 掴みましたつかみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 掴みませんでしたつかみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 掴みましょうつかみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 掴みつかみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 掴みたいつかみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 掴みながらつかみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 掴んでつかんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 掴んだつかんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 掴んだらつかんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 掴んでいるつかんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 掴まないつかまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 掴まなかったつかまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 掴まなくてつかまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 掴めるつかめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 掴めばつかめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 掴めつかめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 掴もうつかもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 掴まれるつかまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 掴ませるつかませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 掴まされるつかまされる |
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What does 掴む mean?
To seize, to catch, to grasp, to grip, to grab, to clutch, to hold, to catch hold of, to lay one's hands on. It can also mean: to obtain, to acquire, to get, to win, to capture; to understand, to grasp, to comprehend.
How do you pronounce 掴む?
つかむ (tsukamu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 掴む?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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