思おもい焦こがれる

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Meanings

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ichidan verb, intransitive verb

yearn for; long for; pine for; be madly in love with

Expresses intense, often romantic longing or lovesickness. The subject burns with desire for someone or something.

彼かれは遠とおく離はなれた恋こい人びとを思おもい焦こがれている。
He is pining for his lover who is far away.

彼かの女じょは一いち日にち中じゅう彼かれのことを思おもい焦こがれていた。

She was yearning for him all day long.

Written forms

思おもい焦こがれるUsage55%
Standard kanji spelling.
思おもいこがれるUsage45%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not a standard spelling.
想おもい焦こがれる
Variant using 想い, which can emphasize emotional or romantic longing.

Kanji

思think
焦char, hurry, impatient
想idea, thought, conception

Similar words

恋こい焦こがれる
More explicitly romantic; 思い焦がれる can be used for non-romantic intense longing as well.
憧あこがれる
憧れる is a general longing or admiration, often for a goal or ideal, while 思い焦がれる implies a more painful, burning desire.

Etymology

Compound of 思い (thought, feeling) and 焦がれる (to yearn, to burn with desire). The verb 焦がれる itself derives from 焦がる, related to 焦げる (to be scorched), metaphorically expressing a burning passion.