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    3. 抱きしめる

    抱きしめる

    抱だき​し​め​る​

    to hug (someone) tight

    KMT10News #47+1Verb, TransitiveFamily & RelationshipsEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    抱き締める抱締める

    だきしめる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to hug (someone) tight, to embrace, to give (someone) a tight hug, to cuddle

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    母はは親おやは子こ供どもを優やさしく抱だきしめた。

    The mother gently hugged her child.

    KMT5Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    久ひさしぶりに会あった友ゆう人じんを、思おもわず強つよく抱だきしめてしまった。

    I couldn't help but tightly hug my friend whom I hadn't seen in a long time.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれは、失しつ意いのどん底ぞこにいる彼かの女じょを慰なぐさめるように、そっと抱だきしめた。

    He gently embraced her as if to comfort her, who was in the depths of despair.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    喜よろこびと感かん動どうで、彼かの女じょはトロフィーを胸むねに抱だきしめた。

    With joy and emotion, she hugged the trophy to her chest.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologySports & Martial Arts
    遠とおく離はなれて暮くらす家か族ぞくを、心こころの中なかでいつも抱だきしめている。

    I always hold my family, who live far away, close in my heart.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    抱
    だ.く・いだ.く・かか.える…(2)
    embrace・hug・hold in arms
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
    し
    shi
    Kana
    め
    me
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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