抱いだく

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抱く · godan verb (-ku)

Meanings

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

formal or literary

Formal or literary equivalent of 抱く (だく). Used for holding someone or something gently in one's arms, often with emotional warmth.

〈人ひと〉を胸むねに抱いだくto hold someone close to one's chest
母ははは赤あかちゃんを胸むねに抱いだいた。
The mother held her baby close to her chest.
〈人ひと〉に好こう意いを抱いだくto harbor affection toward someone
彼かれは同どう僚りょうの女じょ性せいに好こう意いを抱いだいている。
He harbors affection for his female coworker.
〈事こと〉に不ふ安あんを抱いだくto feel anxious about something
将しょう来らいに不ふ安あんを抱いだく若わか者ものが増ふえている。
More young people are feeling anxious about their future.
夢ゆめを抱いだくto harbor a dream
彼かの女じょは歌か手しゅになる夢ゆめを抱いだいていた。
She harbored a dream of becoming a singer.
恨うらみを抱いだくto harbor a grudge
彼かれは上じょう司しに恨うらみを抱いだいている。
He harbors a grudge against his boss.
疑ぎ問もんを抱いだくto have doubts about something
多おおくの学がく者しゃがその説せつに疑ぎ問もんを抱いだいている。
Many scholars have doubts about that theory.

抱だきしめる sense 1
抱きしめる means to hug someone tightly and emotionally, while 抱く (いだく) is a more subdued, literary way of saying someone is held in one's arms.
抱かかえるN2sense 2
抱える describes carrying a burden, worry, or problem that weighs on you, while 抱く (いだく) is used more broadly for holding an abstract feeling such as a hope, doubt, or ambition in a literary tone.
秘ひめるN1sense 2
秘める means to conceal a feeling deep inside without showing it, while 抱く (いだく) simply means to hold or harbor that feeling, whether hidden or expressed.
宿やどす
抱く means to hold a feeling or thought in one's heart, much like 宿す, but 抱く is slightly less literary and more commonly used for emotions specifically.

抱だくN2sense 1
抱く (だく) is the everyday word for physically hugging or holding someone in your arms, while 抱く (いだく) is the more formal, literary reading used for the same physical act or for abstract feelings like hope or doubt.

抱いだくUsage93%
Standard kanji spelling for both physical and abstract senses.
いだくUsage7%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially for abstract senses.
懐いだくUsage<1%
Rare kanji variant for abstract senses such as harboring feelings or thoughts.
擁いだくUsage<1%
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The reading いだく is a classical form of だく, with the initial 'i' preserved in formal and literary usage. The kanji 抱 means 'embrace' or 'hold'.