noun
A literary, somewhat poetic word for deep emotional longing or attachment, often toward a person, place, or past time. Not used in casual daily conversation.
彼女は故郷への慕情を歌に託した。
She expressed her longing for her hometown in a song.
この小説には、失われた時代への慕情が漂っている。
This novel is filled with a yearning for a lost era.
Compound of 慕 (bo, 'to yearn for') and 情 (jō, 'emotion'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with deep emotional longing.