Catch in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishTo take a bus, a train, a ferry or a plane that leaves at a set time, getting on it before it goes.

Definition in Japanese決まった時間に出るバスや電車、フェリー、飛行機に、出発までに乗ること。

Example sentences

• 八時(はちじ)のフェリーに乗(の)れば、お昼前(ひるまえ)には小豆島(しょうどしま)に着(つ)くよ。🔊

  If we catch the eight o'clock ferry, we'll be on the island before lunch.

• バスに乗(の)ろうと走(はし)ったのに、目(め)の前(まえ)で行(い)っちゃった。🔊

  I ran to catch the bus and it pulled away right in front of me.

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