Illustration: While sorting a cupboard in her parents’ Japanese home, an adult woman discovers a worn wooden toy train. She sits back on her heels and cradles it with an unexpectedly tender smile.

JLPT N3i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

懐なつかしい

natsukashii

nostalgic, fondly remembered

Example sentences

  1. 久々ひさびさに聞きいたこの曲きょく。なつかしい。

    Hearing this song after so long really brings back the old times.

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  2. 懐なつかしい昔むかしのことを話はなすのが好すきだ。

    I like to talk about the good old days.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしは彼かれの授業じゅぎょうがなつかしい。

    I miss his lessons so much.

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Kanji in 懐

  • 懐feelings; heartOnカイ・エKunふところ・なつかしい・なつかしむ

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