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apprehension

IPA(Pronunciation)

/æp.ɹɪˈhɛn.ʃən/

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countable rare uncountable

Japanese Meaning

（稀に）物を掴む、把握する行為 / （法的文脈で）差し押さえ、逮捕

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The thief's sudden apprehension of the loose painting startled everyone in the gallery.

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泥棒が緩んだ絵を突然つかみ取ったことで、ギャラリーの人々は皆驚いた。

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Sense（1）

(rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.

The wing would have been a severe obstruction to apprehension of an object on the ground.

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Sense（2）

(law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.

The warrant had been issued for his apprehension on the charge of rioting.

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Sense（3）

Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment

We live on, and in living we lose the apprehension of life.

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Sense（4）

Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

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Sense（5）

The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.

Strangers of limited information and dull apprehension were sometimes observed not to know what a Powler was.

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Sense（6）

Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.

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