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It's apparently a metaphor for something uncatchable, light of body and fleet of foot.
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toraeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of
  2. to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features)
  3. to captivate; to move (one's heart)
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koto
noun
  1. thing; matter
  2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. work; business; affair
  5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
noun, used as a suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
noun
  1. alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or (as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
  2. necessity; need (as 〜ことはない)
  3. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... (as 〜ことだ)
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no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
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dekiru

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

dekinai
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task
  2. to be ready; to be completed
  3. to be made; to be built
  4. to be good at; to be permitted (to do)
  5. to become intimate; to take up (with somebody)
  6. to grow; to be raised
  7. to become pregnant
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mono
noun
  1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
  2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
  3. things; something; anything; everything; nothing
  4. quality
  5. reason; the way of things
  6. used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen (formal noun often used as 〜ものだ)
noun, used as a suffix
  1. item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...
  2. cause of ...; cause for ...
prefix
  1. somehow; somewhat; for some reason
  2. really; truly
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migaru
na adjective
  1. agile; nimble; light (of foot)
  2. casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage)
  3. carefree; with limited responsibility
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de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
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subayai
i adjective
  1. quick; swift; nimble; agile
  2. quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
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monono
particle, conjunction
  1. although; though; despite the fact that ...
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tatoe
adverb
  1. even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing; supposing that; -ever (often paired with ても, でも, and とも)
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dasu

Plain Presumptive Form

dasou
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to take out; to get out
  2. to put out; to reveal; to show
  3. to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in
  4. to publish; to make public
  5. to send (e.g. letter)
  6. to produce (a sound); to start (fire)
  7. to serve (food)
suffix, godan verb
  1. ... out (e.g. to jump out, to carry out) (after the -masu stem of a verb)
  2. to begin ...; to start to ...; to burst into ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)
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dasu

Plain Presumptive Form

dasou
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to degenerate; to lapse into
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da

Polite Present Indicative Form

desu
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)
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