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    3. 懐かしむ

    懐かしむ

    懐なつか​し​む​

    to yearn for (someone, something)

    KMT9News #24+1Verb, TransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab23 strokes

    なつかしむ

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to yearn for (someone, something), to miss

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    故こ郷きょうを懐なつかしむ。

    Yearn for one's hometown.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれは学がく生せい時じ代だいを懐なつかしんでいる。

    He is nostalgic for his student days.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyEducation
    遠とおい昔むかしの出で来き事ごとを懐なつかしむように、彼かの女じょは静しずかに微ほほ笑えんだ。

    She smiled quietly, as if yearning for events of the distant past.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    昔むかしの恋こい人びとを懐なつかしむ気き持もちは、誰だれにでもあるだろう。

    Everyone probably has feelings of yearning for an old lover.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    彼かれは、もう二に度どと戻もどらないであろう平へい和わな日ひ々びを懐なつかしんだ。

    He yearned for the peaceful days that would never return.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    懐
    ふところ・なつ.かしい・なつ.かしむ・なつ.く・なつ.ける・なず.ける…(5)
    feelings・heart・yearn・miss someone・become attached to…(3)
    Kanji
    か
    ka
    Kana
    し
    shi
    Kana
    む
    mu
    Kana
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