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抱く

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

抱く — “to embrace, to hold; to harbor (a feeling)”

抱く (read いだく) means to embrace, to hold; to harbor (a feeling). It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a verb.

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いだく

Meaning

to embrace, to hold; to harbor (a feeling)

抱く in a sentence

夢ゆめを抱いだいて生いきる。

I live holding onto my dreams.

The kanji in 抱く

抱to embrace

Words that share a kanji with 抱く

抱えるかかえる— to hold (in one's arms), to carry, to have (a problem)

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