抱く【いだく】
Frequency rank: 754.
- to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hugformalsee also 抱く【だく】
- to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.); to harbor; to bear (a grudge, ill will, etc.); to entertain (hope, illusions, etc.); to cherish (e.g. an ambition)
godan verb -く; transitive
She is holding a baby in her arms.
He harbors doubt.
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There was bad blood between the two families in "Romeo and Juliet".