抱く
いだく
Also written 懐く
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug See also: 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)
Kanji
- 抱 hug. Read as いだく.
Example sentences
- 君は外来思想に偏見を抱いているようだ。
You seem to be prejudiced against ideas that come from foreign countries. - 我々は同じ主義を抱いている。
We hold the same principles. - 我々は誰でも芸術には多かれ少なかれ興味を抱いている。
Every one of us is more or less interested in art. - 偉大な作家たちは、誰でも英語に関心を抱いていたようだ。
Every great writer seems to have been interested in English. - 案の定、彼は疑念を抱いていた。
Sure enough, he entertained doubts.
Common phrases
- 不満を抱く
- 興味を抱く
- 疑問を抱く
- 危機感を抱く
- 関心を抱く
- 思いを抱く
- 憧れを抱く
- 不安を抱く
- 疑念を抱く
- 恋心を抱く
- 不信感を抱く
- 好意を抱く
- 恨みを抱く
- 疑いを抱く (うたがいをいだく) to harbor suspicion
- 肩を抱く (かたをだく) to hug someone around the shoulders
Words containing 抱く
- かき抱く (かきいだく) to hug