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憧れる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	憧あこがれる	憧あこがれない
Polite	憧あこがれます	憧あこがれません
Past polite	憧あこがれました	憧あこがれませんでした
Past	憧あこがれた	憧あこがれなかった
Te-form	憧あこがれて	憧あこがれないで
Desire	憧あこがれたい	憧あこがれたくない
Potential	憧あこがれられるalso 憧あこがれれる	憧あこがれられないalso 憧あこがれれない
Passive	憧あこがれられる	憧あこがれられない
Causative	憧あこがれさせる	憧あこがれさせない
Causative passive	憧あこがれさせられる	憧あこがれさせられない
Volitional	憧あこがれよう
Polite volitional	憧あこがれましょう
Imperative	憧あこがれろ	憧あこがれるな
Conditional	憧あこがれれば	憧あこがれなければ
Tara conditional	憧あこがれたら	憧あこがれなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

long for; yearn for; admire; aspire to

Expresses a deep emotional longing or admiration for something or someone, often with a sense of idealization. Commonly used with the particle に.

彼かれは都と会かいの生せい活かつに憧あこがれている。
He longs for city life.
私わたしは昔むかしからピアニストに憧あこがれていた。
I have always admired pianists.
自じ由ゆうな働はたらき方かたに憧あこがれる人ひとは多おおい。
Many people yearn for a flexible way of working.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に憧あこがれるto admire/look up to someone
彼かれは宇う宙ちゅう飛ひ行こう士しに憧あこがれている。
He admires astronauts.
〈事こと〉に憧あこがれるto yearn for a lifestyle or state of things
都と会かいの生せい活かつに憧あこがれている。
She longs for life in the city.
〈事こと〉に憧あこがれて〈物もの〉になるto become something out of admiration for it
医い者しゃに憧あこがれて医い学がく部ぶに入はいった。
Admiring doctors, she entered medical school.

Expressions

憧あこがれの的まとobject of adoration; object of longing

Kanji

憧yearn after, long for, aspire to
憬yearn for, aspire to, admire

Related words· 8

恋こい慕したう
恋い慕う is a stronger, more literary term for yearning, often with a romantic or deeply emotional nuance, while 憧れる can be used for admiration of ideals or lifestyles.
切せつ望ぼう
切望する means to earnestly desire or crave something, often with a sense of urgency, whereas 憧れる implies a more wistful, admiring longing.
慕したうN1
慕う is used for admiring and feeling attached to a specific person, such as a mentor or senior, while 憧れる can target people, lifestyles, or abstract ideals.
望のぞむN3
望む expresses a more concrete, achievable wish or hope, while 憧れる carries a dreamy sense of idealization toward something often out of reach.

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心しん酔すい
憧れる expresses a general longing or yearning for something distant or idealized, while 心酔 conveys a deeper, more intense captivation or devotion.
惚ほれるN1
憧れる expresses admiration or longing for an ideal, while 惚れる (sense 2) describes being personally captivated by someone's skill or charm right in front of you.
夢ゆめ見みる
憧れる means to long for or admire something as an ideal, whereas 夢見る specifically frames that longing as a 'dream' one hopes will come true.
羨うらやましいN3
羨ましい focuses on wanting what someone else has right now, whereas 憧れる expresses admiration and a longing to become like someone, without necessarily implying envy.

Opposites

軽けい蔑べつN1
軽蔑する means to despise or look down on someone, the opposite of the admiration expressed by 憧れる.

Don't confuse with

焦こがれる
焦がれる describes a more intense, often painful or romantic yearning (as in 恋焦がれる), while 憧れる is a milder, everyday admiration for someone or something.

Word family

憧あこがれN2
yearning; longing; admiration

Written forms

憧あこがれるUsage70%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
あこがれるUsage30%
Kana spelling is common in informal writing and when the kanji is not needed.
憬あこがれるUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; learners will almost always encounter 憧れる.
憧憬あこがれるUsage<1%
search-only kanji form

Etymology

Derived from the classical verb あこがる, which originally meant 'to be separated from one's heart' or 'to be absent-minded,' evolving to mean 'to yearn for something distant.' The kanji 憧 is a 国字 (kokuji) created in Japan to represent this specific meaning.