NichiDict

憧憬

どうけい
[doukei]

Meanings

1.NounNoun・suruTransitive

longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration

Examples

彼は故郷に憧憬を抱いた。

He yearned for his hometown.

彼は静かな田舎暮らしに憧憬していた。

He had been longing for a quiet rural life.

パリは彼女にとって永遠の憧憬の的だった。

For her, Paris was an eternal object of longing.