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Meaning of 抱く in Japanese
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抱く, 懐くJLPT 3
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Kana Readingいだく, だく, うだく
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Romajiidaku, daku, udaku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ku' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to harbour (e.g. grudge) (harbor); to bear (e.g. a grudge); to entertain (e.g. suspicion)
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ku' ending
- Meaning
- to have sex with; to make love to; to sleep with
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to sit on eggs
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Examples of 抱く, 懐く, いだく, だく, うだく in a sentence
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「ロミオとジュリエット」の２家族は互いに悪感情を抱いていた。
There was bad blood between the two families in "Romeo and Juliet".
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I cannot help but be concerned about the commercialism of Hollywood movies.
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労働は経済面の利益、つまり給料を選るのに必要なだけでなく、社会的及び心理的欲求、つまり、社会の利益のために何かをしているという感じを抱くためにも、必要なのである。
Work is not only important for economic benefits, the salary, but also for social and psychological needs, the feeling of doing something for the good of society.
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Desire is embraced in a dream.
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勇敢な人々の英雄的行為を読んで、尊敬と賞賛の気持ちを抱かない人があろうか。
Who can read the heroic deeds of brave men without a feeling of respect and admiration?
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Although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be achieved easily.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 抱く
- Plain Polite
- 抱きます
- Negative
- 抱かない
- Negative Polite
- 抱きません
Past
- Plain
- 抱いた
- Plain Polite
- 抱きました
- Negative
- 抱かなかった
- Negative Polite
- 抱きませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 抱いて
- Plain Polite
- 抱きまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 抱かれる
- Plain Polite
- 抱かれます
- Negative
- 抱かれない
- Negative Polite
- 抱かれません
Related Kanji
16 strokes
pocket, feelings, heart, yearn, miss someone, become attached to, bosom, breast
On'Yomi: カイ, エ
Kun'Yomi: 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, いだ.く, おも.う