to yearn for (someone, something)
なつかしむ
Verb, Transitive
1.
to yearn for (someone, something), to miss
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遠い昔の出来事を懐かしむように、彼女は静かに微笑んだ。
She smiled quietly, as if yearning for events of the distant past.
昔の恋人を懐かしむ気持ちは、誰にでもあるだろう。
Everyone probably has feelings of yearning for an old lover.
彼は、もう二度と戻らないであろう平和な日々を懐かしんだ。
He yearned for the peaceful days that would never return.
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