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憧れる — meaning in English

akogareru

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English meaning

  • miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.
  • pine noun An evergreen coniferous tree with needle-like leaves, or the wood it produces.
  • yearn verb To have a deep, often wistful longing for something or someone.

Senses

憧れる is used for these senses in English:

  • long for (transitive) To miss (someone).
  • miss (transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.
  • pine (intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
  • yearn (intransitive, also, figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.

miss — full definition

  1. verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.
  2. verb To fail to be present for or arrive in time for something, such as a train, meeting, or deadline.
  3. verb To feel sad about the absence of someone or something you wish you still had.
  4. verb To fail to notice, understand, or take advantage of something.
  5. noun A failure to hit, achieve, or succeed at something.

pine — full definition

  1. noun An evergreen coniferous tree with needle-like leaves, or the wood it produces.
  2. verb To long for something painfully, especially someone absent, or to waste away from grief or longing.

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