Kanji Details:
- 抱
- Frequency:871
- Kun: だ.く, いだ.く, かか.える
- On: ホウ
- Meaning: embrace, hug, hold in arms
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 抱える かかえる to hold or carry under or in the arms; to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.); to employ, to engage, to hire 抱負 ほうふ aspiration, ambition, pretension 抱え かかえ armful; employee 丸抱え まるがかえ completely financed, sponsored, under patronage 辛抱 しんぼう patience, endurance 抱き合う だきあう to embrace each other 辛抱強い しんぼうづよい patient, persevering 抱え込む かかえこむ to hold (carry) a thing in one's arm, to embrace (a baby), to take upon oneself 抱き上げる だきあげる to hold up in one's arms 抱擁 ほうよう embrace, hug, holding in one's arms