Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
とら
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
捕われる
捕らわれる
捉われる

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(とら)われる (torawareruとらはれる (torafareru)?intransitive ichidan (stem (とら)われ (toraware), past (とら)われた (torawareta))

Japanese verb pair
active 捕らえる
mediopassive 囚われる
  1. to be caught, captured, imprisoned; to be apprehended, arrested
  2. to be enslaved
  3. to be seized with fear
  4. to adhere (to s.t.), be swayed, influenced

Conjugation edit

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN