| Subject | English | Japanese |
| proverb | exp A drowning man will catch at a straw | おぼれる者は藁をもつかむ |
| proverb | exp A drowning man will catch at a straw | 溺れる者は藁をも掴む |
| proverb | exp A drowning man will catch at a straw | おぼれる者はわらをもつかむ |
| gen. | n big-catch flag | 大漁旗 |
| gen. | catch a cold | 風邪ひく |
| gen. | catch a cold | 風邪を引く |
| gen. | catch a cold | 風邪引く |
| gen. | catch a cold | 風邪をひく |
| gen. | catch a glimpse of | かいま見る |
| gen. | catch a glimpse of | 垣間見る news2 nf32 spec2 |
| gen. | catch a meal | 食事をとる |
| gen. | catch a meal | 食事を摂る |
| gen. | catch a meal | 食事を取る |
| slang | catch a taxi | タクる |
| gen. | catch a weasel asleep | 生き馬の目を抜く |
| gen. | catch again | 引直す |
| gen. | catch again | 引きなおす |
| gen. | catch again | 引き直す |
| gen. | catch alive | 生捕る |
| gen. | catch alive | 生け捕る |
| gen. | catch an incurable illness | 病膏肓に入る |
| gen. | n catch and release | キャッチ・アンド・リリース (fishing) |
| gen. | n catch and release | キャッチアンドリリース (fishing) |
| gen. | catch attention | 目に止まる |
| gen. | catch attention | 目にとまる |
| gen. | catch attention | 目に留まる |
| gen. | catch basin | 集水溝 |
| tech. | catch basin | 溜桝 (ためます) |
| construct. | catch basin | 溜め树 (ため・ます) |
| construct. | catch basin | 集水枡 (しゅうすい・ます) |
| construct. | catch basin | 排水升耕 (はいすい・ます) |
| tech. | catch basin | 街渠ます (がいきよます) |
| gen. | catch basin | 集水桝 |
| construct. | catch basin | 雨水浸透桝 (うすい・しんとう・ます) |
| gen. | catch basin | 排水桝 |
| gen. | catch breath | 息を呑む |
| gen. | catch breath | 息を嚥む |
| gen. | catch breath | 息をのむ |
| gen. | catch breath | 息を飲む |
| gen. | catch breath | 一息吐く |
| gen. | catch breath | 息をつぐ |
| gen. | catch breath | 息を継ぐ |
| gen. | catch breath | 一息つく |
| gen. | catch breath | 息を殺す |
| gen. | catch canal | 受け水路 |
| abbr. | catch copy | コピー gai1 ichi1 |
| gen. | n vs catch crop | 相作 |
| gen. | n vs catch crop | 間作 |
| gen. | catch culvert | 集水カルバート |
| gen. | catch culvert | 集中カルバート |
| gen. | catch drain | 補水渠 |
| gen. | catch drain | 排水溝 (はいすい・みぞ) |
| gen. | catch drain | 承水路 (しょうすいろ) |
| tech. | catch-drain | 排水構 (はいすいこう) |
| gen. | catch drain | 捕水ドレン |
| gen. | catch eye | 目につく |
| gen. | catch eye | 眼に付く |
| gen. | catch eye | 眼につく |
| gen. | catch eye | 目に付く |
| gen. | catch eye | 気になる |
| gen. | catch finger | 指を詰める (in a door, etc.) |
| gen. | catch fire | 火が点く |
| gen. | catch fire | 燃え出す |
| gen. | catch fire | 火が付く |
| gen. | catch fire | 燃え付く |
| gen. | catch fire | 燃付く |
| tech. | catch fire | 着火 (chakka) |
| gen. | catch fire | 燃えつく |
| gen. | catch fire | 火がつく |
| gen. | catch fire | 点く ichi1 |
| gen. | catch fire from | 火が付く |
| gen. | catch fire from | 火が点く |
| gen. | catch fire from | 火がつく |
| tech. | catch fire temperature | 着火温度 (ちゃっか・おんど) |
| gen. | catch fish | 魚を穫る |
| gen. | catch fish | 魚をとる |
| gen. | catch fish | 魚を獲る |
| gen. | catch fish | 魚を捕る |
| gen. | catch fish | 魚を取る |
| gen. | catch happening | 押える esp. 押さえる (おさえる) |
| gen. | catch happening | 抑える ichi1 news1 nf04 (おさえる) |
| gen. | catch happening | 押さえる ichi1 news1 nf08 |
| gen. | catch hold of | 摑む |
| gen. | catch hold of | 把む |
| gen. | catch hold of | 攫む |
| gen. | catch hold of | 捉む |
| gen. | catch hold of | 掴む ichi1 |
| gen. | catch in arms | 抱き止める |
| gen. | catch in arms | 抱留める |
| gen. | catch in arms | 抱き留める |
| gen. | catch in arms | 抱きとめる |
| gen. | n catch in one's hands | 手捕り |
| gen. | catch in the act | 現場をおさえる (of) |
| gen. | catch in the act | 現場を押さえる (of) |
| gen. | n catch of fish | 漁獲高 (ぎょかく・だか) |
| gen. | n catch of fish | 漁獲物 (ぎょかく・ぶつ) |
| gen. | catch of gauge | 計器の受水部 |
| gen. | catch off guard | 虚に乗ずる |
| gen. | catch on to | 呑込む |
| gen. | catch on to | 飲込む |
| gen. | catch on to | 呑み込む news2 nf40 |
| gen. | catch on to | のみ込む |
| gen. | catch on to | 飲み込む ichi1 |
| gen. | n catch-phrase | キーワード gai1 |
| railw., sec.sys. | catch points | スプリング式脱線転てつ器 |
| gen. | catch sight of | 見うける |
| gen. | catch sight of | 見かける news2 nf35 spec1 |
| gen. | catch sight of | 目にする |
| gen. | catch sight of | 目に入る |
| gen. | catch sight of | 見掛ける |
| gen. | catch sight of | 見受ける news1 nf23 |
| gen. | catch some Z's | 仮眠をとる |
| gen. | catch some Z's | 仮眠を取る |
| gen. | catch someone off his guard by setting traps | 寝首を掻く |
| gen. | catch someone off his guard by setting traps | 寝首をかく |
| gen. | catch someone out | しっぽを掴む |
| gen. | catch someone out | 尻尾をつかむ |
| gen. | catch someone out | 尻尾を掴む |
| gen. | catch the eye | 目をひく |
| gen. | catch the eye | 目を引く |
| gen. | catch the eye | 目に触れる |
| gen. | catch the main points | 壺を心得る (つぼをこころえる) |
| gen. | catch the scent of | 嗅ぎ当てる |
| inf. | catch 'the stupid' | 馬鹿が移る (e.g. from talking to stupid people, watching mindless TV, etc.) |
| inf. | catch 'the stupid' | バカが移る (e.g. from talking to stupid people, watching mindless TV, etc.) |
| gen. | n game of catch-the-child | 子捕り |
| gen. | catch underdrain | 承水暗渠 |
| gen. | catch up | 追付く (with) |
| gen. | catch up | おい付く (with) |
| gen. | n catch-up | キャッチアップ |
| gen. | catch up | 追っつく (with) |
| gen. | catch up | 追っ着く (with) |
| gen. | catch up | 追っ付く (with) |
| gen. | catch up | 追着く (with) |
| gen. | catch up | 追い着く (with) |
| gen. | catch up | 追い付く ichi1 (with) |
| gen. | catch up | 追いつく news1 nf16 (with) |
| comp., MS | catch-up scan | キャッチアップ スキャン (A scan that is initiated because regularly scheduled quick scans or full scans were missed) |
| obs. | catch up with | 及く |
| obs. | catch up with | 如く |
| obs. | catch up with | 若く |
| gen. | exp catch up with and overtake | 追いつき追い越せ |
| comp., MS | catch weight | 不定貫 (The actual or nominal weight of a sales item or inventory item) |
| gen. | n vs failing to catch a ball | 落球 news2 nf47 |
| gen. | n festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle | 金魚掬い |
| proverb | exp He who runs after two hares will catch neither | 二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず |
| gen. | n adj-no killing one's catch on the spot | 野締め (e.g. a bird) |
| gen. | n large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention | キャッチ・コピー (in copywriting) |
| gen. | n large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention | キャッチコピー (in copywriting) |
| gen. | exp Lose a fly to catch a trout | 大事の前の小事 |
| gen. | otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank | 獺祭 |
| slang | n person who used to catch dogs and execute them for rabies prevention | 犬殺し |
| gen. | poor catch of fish | 時化 ateji (due to stormy seas, しけ) |
| gen. | exp set a thief to catch a thief | 毒を以て毒を制す |
| gen. | exp Set a thief to catch a thief | 蛇の道は蛇 |
| gen. | exp slow to catch on | 血の巡りの悪い |
| gen. | exp slow to catch on | 血の巡りが悪い |
| gen. | n smile meant to catch a man's attention | 媚笑 |
| gen. | n stance adopted when prepared to catch an object | 受け腰 |
| gen. | exp talking so fast that even a four-horse coach cannot catch up to the words | 駟も舌に及ばず |
| gen. | n tossing several items into the air and attempting to catch them all | 品玉 (form of street performance) |
| gen. | U-catch drain | Ｕ字排水溝 |
| gen. | use a sprat to catch a mackerel | 海老で鯛を釣る |
| gen. | used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention | よ spec1 at sentence-end |
| gen. | very poor catch of fish | 大しけ (due to stormy seas) |
| gen. | very poor catch of fish | 大時化 (due to stormy seas) |
| gen. | exp yoji When the sky falls, we shall catch larks | 百年河清 |
| gen. | exp You must lose a fly to catch a trout | 損して得とる |
| gen. | exp You must lose a fly to catch a trout | 損して得取る |