プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
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.