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Meaning of 憧れる in Japanese
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憧れる, 憬れる, 憧憬れるJLPT 2
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Kana Readingあこがれる
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Romajiakogareru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
- Example sentence
- ボクが憧れたのは翔太部長の『力』じゃない。体を張ってでも信念を貫こうとする雄々しい勇気だったはず。 What I looked up to in Shota was not his 'strength'. It was his heroic courage to put his life on the line to carry out his convictions.
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Examples of 憧れる, 憬れる, 憧憬れる, あこがれる in a sentence
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ボクが憧れたのは翔太部長の『力』じゃない。体を張ってでも信念を貫こうとする雄々しい勇気だったはず。
What I looked up to in Shota was not his 'strength'. It was his heroic courage to put his life on the line to carry out his convictions.
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The more civilization advances, the more people long for nature.
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It's not that I seriously like him. I just find him very attractive.
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I took it for granted that they adored Hannah.
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He thought of them yearning for fame.
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He is longing for city life.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 憧れる
- Plain Polite
- 憧れます
- Negative
- 憧れない
- Negative Polite
- 憧れません
Past
- Plain
- 憧れた
- Plain Polite
- 憧れました
- Negative
- 憧れなかった
- Negative Polite
- 憧れませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 憧れて
- Plain Polite
- 憧れまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 憧れられる
- Plain Polite
- 憧れられます
- Negative
- 憧れられない
- Negative Polite
- 憧れられません
Kanji in this word
憧
JLPT 1
15 strokes
yearn after, long for, aspire to, admire, adore
On'Yomi: ショウ, トウ, ドウ
Kun'Yomi: あこが.れる