キャッチ

What it means

キャッチ means a catch in the sense of catching something or grabbing attention; in contemporary Japanese it denotes attention-grabbing elements such as a catchphrase or tagline, and can describe the act of catching a ball in sports.

Main meanings

• to catch or seize physically, such as catching a ball or object
• the catchphrase or tagline used to attract attention in advertising or media
• the appeal or hook that makes something memorable or catchy
• in sports or headlines as a hook or opening line

How to use it

Used as a noun for the act of catching or as a term for attention-grabbing elements; in sports it refers to catching a ball; in advertising and media it appears in phrases like catchphrase or catchcopy; in everyday language it can describe something memorable or attention-catching.