Lingaku抱く【いだく】
Frequency rank: 754.
- to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hugformal or literary termsee 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 with 'ku' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 抱く【いだく】Frequency rank: 754.
- 懐く【いだく】Frequency rank: 5,796. – 5,802.
- いだくFrequency rank: 41,056. – 41,671.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug
- 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)
This meaning refers to physically holding someone or something in your arms for affection or comfort.
She is holding a baby in her arms.
This meaning is about holding thoughts, feelings, suspicions, doubts, grudges, hopes, illusions, ambitions, etc., in one's mind or heart.
He harbors doubt.
He entertains hope.
Generated collocations (experimental)
いだく抱くきごう(いだくきごう)to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hugあかちゃん赤ちゃんをいだく抱くto hold a babyおもい思いをいだく抱くto hold a thoughtきぼう希望をいだく抱くto harbor hopeにくし憎しみをいだく抱くto bear resentmentゆめ夢をいだく抱くto cherish a dreamぎねん疑念をいだく抱くto harbor doubtあいじょう愛情をいだく抱くto embrace loveだっこ抱っこするto hold in one's arms (as in caring for a child)だきしめる抱きしめるto hug tightlyいだく抱くべきせきにん責任responsibility that must be embraced
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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I clutched her to my chest, and kissed her on her forehead.
There was bad blood between the two families in "Romeo and Juliet".
I cannot help but be concerned about the commercialism of Hollywood movies.
4. ろうどう労働はけいざいめん経済面のりえき利益、つまりきゅうりょう給料をえる選るのにひつよう必要なだけでなく、しゃかいてき社会的および及びしんりてき心理的よっきゅう欲求、つまり、しゃかい社会のりえき利益のためになんか何かをしているというかんじ感じをいだく抱くためにも、ひつよう必要なのである。
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.
Who can read the heroic deeds of brave men without a feeling of respect and admiration?
Although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be achieved easily.
There were times, at falling night, when he looked up with curiosity to the stars.
My predecessors had asked their questions of nature with genuine curiosity and awaited her reply.
She cherishes the hope that he will return.
She has a great affection for her little brothers.
She cherishes a hope that she will be a singer some day.