恋こい慕したう

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Meanings

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godan verb (-u), transitive verb

yearn for; pine for; miss deeply

Expresses a strong, often romantic longing for someone absent or unattainable. More intense and literary than 恋しい or 会いたい.

彼かれは遠とおく離はなれた恋こい人びとを恋こい慕したって、毎まい日にち手て紙がみを書かいた。
He yearned for his lover far away and wrote letters every day.

故こ郷きょうを恋こい慕したう気き持もちが募つのるばかりだ。

My longing for my hometown only grows stronger.

Written forms

恋こい慕したうUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling; the 恋い part is sometimes written in kana as こい慕う.
こいしたうUsage5%
恋こい慕したう
Variant spelling omitting the okurigana い; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

恋romance, in love, yearn for
慕pining, yearn for, love dearly

Similar words

恋こいしい
An i-adjective meaning 'dear' or 'missed'; describes the feeling of missing someone/something, but is less active and intense than 恋い慕う.
慕したう
A verb meaning 'to yearn for' or 'to adore'; 恋い慕う adds a specifically romantic or deeply emotional nuance.

Etymology

Compound of 恋い (koi, 'love, longing', the continuative form of 恋う) + 慕う (shitau, 'to yearn for'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination intensifies the sense of romantic or emotional longing.