慕う

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

したう【慕う】

❶〔懐かしく思う〕long for; yearn for [after]

昔の友人を慕う
yearn for one's old friends

母国を慕う
long for one's homeland

亡き祖母を慕う
miss one's dead grandmother very much

❷〔恋しく思う〕

彼女は彼を慕っている
She loves him dearly.／She is deeply attached to him.

❸〔敬慕する〕

生徒たちは担任の先生を慕っている
The children adore their homeroom teacher.

彼の学風を慕って多くの若者が集まって来た
Many young people came to study under him, admiring [attracted by] his academic stance.

❹〔後を追う〕

彼を慕って東京に出てきた
I followed him to Tokyo.

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