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とりおさえる

取り押さえる

toriosaeru

rare

English

to seize, to subdue

नेपाली

समात्नु, नियन्त्रणमा लिनु

Examples

  1. 警察官けいさつかんが犯人はんにんを取とり押おさえました。

    A police officer subdued the criminal.

  2. 店みせで暴あばれた男おとこを、客きゃくが協力きょうりょくして取とり押おさえました。

    Customers worked together to restrain a man who was causing a disturbance in the store.

  3. 男おとこは店みせを出でるか出でないかのうちに、店員てんいんに取とり押おさえられました。

    The man was seized by a store clerk almost the moment he stepped out of the store.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

取 8 strokes
押 8 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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