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抱きすくめる (だきすくめる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

抱だきすくめる

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Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

hug tightly; embrace firmly

Describes holding someone or something very tightly, often with emotional intensity or to restrain.

彼かの女じょは子こ供どもを抱だきすくめて離はなさなかった。
She hugged the child tightly and wouldn't let go.
驚おどろいて、彼かれは思おもわず彼かの女じょを抱だきすくめ

た

。

Startled, he instinctively embraced her tightly.

Written forms

抱だきすくめるUsage95%
Standard spelling using 抱き (hug) and kana for the auxiliary part.
抱だき竦すくめるUsage4%
Rare kanji form using 竦 (crouch/freeze); not commonly used.
だきすくめるUsage2%

Kanji

抱embrace, hug, hold in arms
竦crouch, cower

Similar words

抱だきしめる
抱きしめる is the common word for 'hug tightly'; 抱きすくめる is less frequent and often implies a firmer, more immobilizing grip.

Etymology

Compound of 抱き (daki, 'hug', continuative form of 抱く) and すくめる (sukumeru, 'to shrug or contract', here meaning 'to hold tight').