capture

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 獲 has 16 strokes and expresses capturing or obtaining something.
• Basic usage: 獲得 is read かくとく, and 獲物 is read えもの.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• What is acquired and what is hunted
  • 販売権を獲得した means obtained sales rights.
  • 獲得した技術 applies the same verb to skills acquired through practice.
  • 獲物 is read えもの, without the かく reading found in 獲得.
  • 獲物 can mean a hawk's prey or spoils taken by thieves.