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warm and fluffy; soft
steamy hot (food); hot and flaky
feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
焼き芋を食べてほっこりした。
I felt warm eating baked sweet potato.
温泉でほっこりと癒された。
I was healed and relaxed in the hot spring.
心がほっこりする話だった。
It was a story that warmed my heart.