憧れ・憬れ|あこがれakogare[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectiveyearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
   彼かれは彼女かのじょの恵めぐまれた才能さいのうにあこがれを抱いだいた。↗

   He longed for her talented skills.

• Synonym憧憬どうけいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Essentially the same meaning as 「憧れ」, seen mostly in writing; everyday speech normally uses 「憧れ」.
• Synonym思慕しぼWrittenWritten/formal prose. Missing and loving someone with deep affection; 「憧れ」 centers on yearning for an ideal.
• Synonym慕情ぼじょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Feelings of love and longing, mostly in romantic contexts; 「憧れ」 has a broader range.
• Synonym想望そうぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare. Eager longing or yearning; 「憧れ」 is the common word.
• Synonym愛慕あいぼWrittenWritten/formal prose. Loving admiration for a lover or for other people and things; 「憧れ」 is more common and also covers yearning for a job or a place.
• Synonym欽慕きんぼWrittenWritten/formal prose. Reverent admiration, leaning toward respect; 「憧れ」 is more colloquial and carries a romantic yearning.
• Synonym敬慕けいぼWrittenWritten/formal prose. Loving respect for a particular person, with reverence implied; 「憧れ」 is about yearning and need not carry respect.
• Related望みのぞみNeutralA neutral word for hope or wish; 「憧れ」 stresses longing for something beautiful or admired.
• Related願望がんぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A wish or desire; 「憧れ」 adds an emotional sense of yearning.
• Related希望きぼうNeutralA neutral word for hope or ambition; 「憧れ」 stresses fond longing for something beautiful.
• Related願いねがいNeutralA neutral word for a wish or request; 「憧れ」 is the feeling of yearning itself.
• Related念願ねんがんNeutralA neutral word for a wish long and strongly hoped for, as in 「念願のマイホーム」, often said when it comes true; 「憧れ」 is about yearning.
• Related欲求よっきゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Desire or impulse, often in psychological contexts; 「憧れ」 carries a romantic yearning.
• Related欲望よくぼうNeutralA neutral word for the desire to have something, describing human appetites, sometimes with a hint of greed; 「憧れ」 is longing for something beautiful.
• Related切望せつぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Earnestly longing for something to come true; 「憧れ」 centers on admiration for a person or ideal.
• Related熱望ねつぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Ardent desire with strong force; 「憧れ」 is a gentler, romantic yearning.
• Related夢ゆめNeutralA neutral word for a dream; 「憧れ」 stresses admiration for a person or thing.
• Related志こころざしNeutralA neutral word for one's ambition or resolve to do something; 「憧れ」 stresses admiration for a person or ideal.
• Related野望やぼうNeutralA neutral word for ambition with a negative tinge; 「憧れ」 has an innocent, positive coloring.
• Related宿願しゅくがんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A wish cherished for many years; 「憧れ」 is about yearning.
• Related大志たいしWrittenWritten/formal prose. Great ambition, as in 「少年よ大志を抱け」—a goal you set yourself; 「憧れ」 is yearning toward a person or thing.
• Related理想りそうNeutralA neutral word for an ideal; 「憧れ」 is the feeling of yearning toward it.
• Related所望しょもうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Wanting or requesting something, as in 「一杯所望する」; 「憧れ」 is the feeling of yearning.
• Related宿望しゅくぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare. A long-cherished desire; 「宿願」 is the usual word.
• Antonym軽蔑けいべつNeutralA neutral word for contempt, looking down on something; the opposite of the admiring 「憧れ」.
• Antonym嫌悪けんおWrittenWritten/formal prose. Disgust or aversion; the opposite of 「憧れ」 with its full-hearted yearning.
• Antonym無関心むかんしんNeutralA neutral word for indifference; the opposite of 「憧れ」 with its full-hearted yearning.

Use 「憧れ」 for yearning or admiration toward an ideal, a person you look up to, or a place, as in 「憧れの先輩」 and 「都会への憧れ」. In written prose 「憧憬」 says the same thing. For romantic longing pick 「思慕」 or 「慕情」; for a long-cherished wish, 「念願」; for dreams, 「夢」; for contempt, 「軽蔑」. The other -慕 and -望 words are rarer written terms for reverence, love, or ardent or long-held desires, while 望み, 希望, 願い, 志 and 理想 name hopes, ambitions or ideals rather than the yearning feeling itself.

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1. （「憧あこがれる」の連用形れんようけい名詞めいし化か）憧あこがれること。
2. 憧あこがれる対象たいしょう。