抱ほう擁よう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

抱擁する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

A somewhat literary or formal word for a close, often emotional embrace. In everyday speech, ハグ is more common for casual hugs.

〈人ひと〉と抱ほう擁ようするto embrace someone
彼かれは帰き国こくした息子むすこと抱ほう擁ようした。
He embraced his son who had returned home.
〈人ひと〉と抱ほう擁ようを交かわすto exchange an embrace with someone
二人ふたりは再さい会かいの喜よろこびに抱ほう擁ようを交かわした。
The two exchanged an embrace out of joy at their reunion.
固かたい抱ほう擁ようa tight, firm embrace
彼かの女じょは父ちちと固かたい抱ほう擁ようを交かわした。
She shared a tight embrace with her father.
熱あつい抱ほう擁ようa passionate embrace
映えい画がの最さい後ごに二人ふたりは熱あつい抱ほう擁ようを見みせた。
At the end of the movie, the two shared a passionate embrace.

ハグ
ハグ is the casual loanword for a hug used in everyday conversation, while 抱擁 is a more formal, literary term for an emotional embrace.
抱だきしめる
抱きしめる is a common verb meaning to hold someone tightly in one's arms, whereas 抱擁 is a noun/suru-verb with a more formal, literary feel.
抱だき合あう
抱擁する is a more formal, literary word for embracing, while 抱き合う is the everyday word emphasizing the mutual, reciprocal nature of the embrace.

抱だくN2
抱く is a general verb for holding something in one's arms (and can also mean 'to sleep with'), while 抱擁 specifically denotes a mutual, emotional embrace between people.

Composed of 抱 (embrace) and 擁 (hold, protect). The word is a Sino-Japanese compound (kango) used in formal and literary contexts.