コツを掴む

こつをつかむ コツをつかむ

to get the hang of, to learn the secret to

掴む

つかむ

to seize, to catch, to grasp, to grip, to grab, to hold, to catch hold of, to lay one's hands on, to clutch

襟首を掴む

えりくびをつかむ

to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

藁をも掴む

わらをもつかむ

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

尻尾を掴む

しっぽをつかむ

to have something on someone, to catch someone out, to trip someone up, to have evidence, to get a lead

証拠を掴む

しょうこをつかむ

to obtain evidence

胸ぐらを掴む

むなぐらをつかむ

to grab someone by the collar, to grab someone by the lapels

引っ掴む

ひっつかむ

to snatch (at), to grab

空気を読む

くうきをよむ

to read the situation, to sense the mood

掴み

つかみ

grip

溺れる者は藁をも掴む

おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ

a drowning man will clutch at a straw

鷲掴み

わしづかみ

grabbing hold, eagle grip, tight hold

掴み金

つかみがね

handful of cash

一掴み

ひとつかみ いちつかみ

handful

空で読む

そらでよむ

recite from memory

掴み取り

つかみどり

grabbing, taking (as much as one can hold) by the hand

掴み投げ

つかみなげ

lifting throw

掴み取る

つかみとる

to grasp, to get

高値掴み

たかねづかみ

buying near the top of the market