Illustration: Just inside a Japanese apartment entrance, a parent holds a sleepy toddler close against their chest. One arm supports the child's bottom while the other wraps securely around the back; the toddler's cheek rests on the parent's shoulder and both small arms curl around the neck.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

抱だく

daku

to hold in one’s arms, to hug

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょはその子こを胸むねに抱だいた。

    She held the child to her bosom.

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  2. 彼女かのじょは赤あかん坊ぼうを腕うでに抱だいていた。

    She was carrying her baby in her arms.

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  3. 赤あかちゃんを腕うでに抱だいて揺ゆり動うごかした。

    I rocked the baby in my arms.

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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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