憧
Yearn After, Long For JLPT N1
15 strokes · school grade 8 · frequency rank #2259
Meaning
Yearn After, Long For, Aspire To, Admire, Adore
Readings
On’yomiショウ shou、トウ tou、ドウ dou
Kun’yomiあこが.れる akogareru
Radical
Components
- 忄 (radical)
- 童 — Juvenile
Example sentences
- 彼は彼らが名声に憧れていると思った。He thought of them yearning for fame.
- 同時通訳が彼女の憧れだ。Her dream is to become a simultaneous interpreter.
- 死に憧れる者は惨めであるが、死を恐れる者はさらに惨めである。One who longs for death is miserable, but more miserable is he who fears it.
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