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憧あこがれ (akogare)

yearning, longing, aspiration

  • JLPT N1
  • noun
  • Pitch 0
  • #288792 most frequent

Meaning

憧れ (あこがれ, akogare) is a JLPT N1 noun meaning “yearning, longing, aspiration”.

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Example sentences 12

海外かいがいに住すむのは私わたしの憧あこがれです。

It would be a dream come true to live abroad.

彼女かのじょは彼かれに憧あこがれている。

She adores him.

彼女かのじょは兄あにに憧あこがれている。

She adores her elder brother.

同時どうじ通訳つうやくが彼女かのじょの憧あこがれだ。

Her dream is to become a simultaneous interpreter.

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