後うしろ髪がみを引ひかれる

expression, ichidan verb

feel a painful reluctance to leave; have one's hair pulled from behind (lit.)

Idiomatic expression describing the feeling of being emotionally pulled back when parting from someone or something, as if tugged by the hair. Often used in the form 後ろ髪を引かれる思い.

• 楽たのしかった旅りょ行こうの終おわりに、後うしろ髪がみを引ひかれる思おもいで空くう港こうへ向むかった。

  At the end of the enjoyable trip, I headed to the airport with a painful reluctance to leave.

• 彼かの女じょと別わかれるときはいつも後うしろ髪がみを引ひかれる。

  I always feel a tug at my heart when parting from her.