[える, eru] (v1, vt) (1) (獲る esp. refers to catching wild game, etc.) to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain; (suf, v1, vt) (2) (得る only) (See 得ない, 得る・うる) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to be able to ..., can ...; (P) #1560
[わな, wana] (n) (1) snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); (2) trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.); (P) #7689
[ついきゅう, tsuikyuu] (n, vs) (1) investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down; (2) catching up; overtaking; (P) #13437
[ぼうず, bouzu] (n) (1) Buddhist priest; bonze; (2) close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head; (3) (fam) (derog) boy; sonny; lad; (4) (See お凸・おでこ・3) not catching anything (in fishing); (P) #14339
[えんがちょきった, engachokitta] (exp) (chn) (See えんがちょ・1) phrase used (usu. with accompanying crossed fingers gesture) to ward off catching 'dirtiness' from another child
[おでこ, odeko] (n) (1) (uk) (sens) (See 凸・でこ) brow; forehead; (2) (uk) prominent forehead; beetle brow; (3) (uk) (col) not catching anything (in fishing); (P)
[ひとあしちがい, hitoashichigai] (n) barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)
[いちもうだじん, ichimoudajin] (exp, n) (a) big haul; roundup; wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
[いんか, inka] (n, vs) catching fire
[かぶきもの, kabukimono] (n) dandy; peacock; early-17th-century equivalent of present-day yakuza; Edo-period eccentric who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and weird behavior
[ほたるがり, hotarugari] (n) firefly catching
[さすまた, sasumata] (n) { MA } two-pronged weapon for catching a criminal; man-catcher war fork
[てづかみ, tedukami] (n) grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
[しょくもく, shokumoku] (n, vs) paying attention to; catching one's eye
[ひとめをひく, hitomewohiku] (exp, v5k) to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
[ちゃっか, chakka] (n, vs) ignited; kindled; catching (fire)
[むしとり, mushitori] (n) insect catching; bug catching
[とりさし, torisashi] (n) (1) catching birds (using a birdlime-covered pole); bird catcher; (2) (See 刺身) chicken sashimi
[おいつきおいこせ, oitsukioikose] (exp) catch up with and overtake; pass after catching up with
[うさぎあみ, usagiami] (n) rabbit-catching net
[はえとり;はいとり, haetori ; haitori] (n) (1) catching flies; fly-catcher; flytrap; flypaper; (2) (abbr) (See 蠅取蜘蛛) jumping spider
[かぜっぴき, kazeppiki] (n) (See 風邪を引く) catching a cold
[かぜひき, kazehiki] (n) catching a cold; person with a cold
[ほさつ, hosatsu] (n, vs) catching and killing; assisting (baseball)
[とりかた, torikata] (n) (1) constable; (2) method of catching criminals
[めひきそでひき, mehikisodehiki] (n) catching someone's attention by winking and tugging at their sleeve
[めだましょうひん, medamashouhin] (n) bargain goods; eye-catching goods; featured product; loss leader; (P)
[るいか, ruika] (n) catching fire; a spreading fire
[るいしょう, ruishou] (n, vs) catching fire (from next door); spreading fire
[もちざお, mochizao] (n) lime stick for catching insects