膝を抱く

ひざをだく

Also written ひざをいだく

Meanings

1. Expression, Godan verb to hug one's knees (figuratively: to be lonely)
2. to beg

Kanji

• 膝 knee. Read as ひざ.
• 抱 hug. Read as だく.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists