捉える

とらえる

to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of

捉え所

とらえどころ

key to understanding; point (e.g. of an argument)

心を捉える

こころをとらえる

to impress, to charm

把捉

はそく

grasping (a meaning)

捕捉

ほそく

capture, seizure, prehension

意味を捉える

いみをとらえる

to grasp the meaning

捉え所の無い

とらえどころのない とらえしょのない

subtle, elusive, slippery

数え方

かぞえかた

counting system, way (manner) of counting

揃え方

そろえかた

way of justification, sorting, etc.

考え方

かんがえかた

way of thinking

方違え

かたたがえ

setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)

教え方

おしえかた

method of teaching

捕捉剤

scavenger

言葉尻を捉える

ことばじりをとらえる

to cavil at a person's words, to use somebody's words to trip him up

捉えどころのない

とらえどころのない

hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle

猿猴捉月

えんこうそくげつ

trying to reach above one's station and failing; trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing; monkey catching (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)

彼方方

あなたがた

that way, over there

方

かた がた ほう

direction, way, side, area (in a particular direction)

四方八方

しほうはっぽう

in all directions