懐かい旧きゅう

noun

reminiscence; nostalgia; fond memories of the past

A somewhat literary or formal word for fondly recalling the past. In everyday speech, 懐かしさ or 思い出 are more common.

• 彼かれの話はなしには懐かい旧きゅうの念ねんが込こめられていた。

  His story was filled with a sense of nostalgia.

• 懐かい旧きゅうの情じょうに浸ひたりながら古ふるい写しゃ真しんを見みた。

  I looked at old photos, indulging in feelings of reminiscence.