Illustration: Just inside a Japanese apartment entrance, a returning parent kneels and wraps both arms tightly around a child who has rushed into them. The child's arms encircle the parent's neck, their cheeks press together and the fabric across their shoulders bunches under the firm embrace.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

抱だきしめる

dakishimeru

to hug tightly

Example sentences

  1. ぎゅっと抱だきしめて。

    Hug me tight.

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  2. トムはテディベアを抱だきしめました。

    Tom hugged his teddy bear.

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  3. 彼女かのじょは優やさしく弟おとうとを抱だきしめた。

    She embraced her brother warmly.

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Kanji in 抱

  • 抱embrace; hugOnホウKunだく・いだく・かかえる

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