I Love Kanji抱く (idaku)
抱く (いだく, idaku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- いだく
- Romaji
- idaku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug · godan verb, transitive · formal
- to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.); to harbor; to bear (a grudge, ill will, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
その経験で彼女は民主党に対して好感を抱くようになった。
The experience prejudiced her in favor of the Democratic Party.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 抱く
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 抱く | いだく idaku |
| Polite (~masu) | 抱きます | いだきます idakimasu |
| Negative | 抱かない | いだかない idakanai |
| Polite negative | 抱きません | いだきません idakimasen |
| Past | 抱いた | いだいた idaita |
| Polite past | 抱きました | いだきました idakimashita |
| Negative past | 抱かなかった | いだかなかった idakanakatta |
| Te-form | 抱いて | いだいて idaite |
| Potential | 抱ける | いだける idakeru |
| Passive | 抱かれる | いだかれる idakareru |
| Causative | 抱かせる | いだかせる idakaseru |
| Volitional | 抱こう | いだこう idakou |
| Imperative | 抱け | いだけ idake |
| Conditional (~ba) | 抱けば | いだけば idakeba |
Kanji in 抱く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 抱く.
抱えるかかえるto hold in one's arms辛抱しんぼうpatience抱っこだっこcarrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)介抱かいほうnursing
Source: JMdict entry 1584090 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.