焦こがれる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

yearn for; long for; pine for

Expresses a deep, often painful longing for someone or something, frequently romantic. Sense 2 (love ardently) is a natural extension of this yearning.

• 彼かれは故こ郷きょうに焦こがれている。

  He is yearning for his hometown.

• 彼かの女じょは恋こい人びとに焦こがれて、毎まい日にち手て紙がみを書かいた。

  She pined for her lover and wrote letters every day.

suffix, ichidan verb

do eagerly; do with restless anticipation

Attaches to the -masu stem of a verb to express doing something with intense eagerness or anticipation. This is a literary and somewhat old-fashioned suffix.

• 彼かの女じょは彼かれの帰かえりを待まち焦こがれている。

  She is waiting eagerly for his return.

• 春はるの訪おとずれを待まち焦こがれる気き持もち。

  A feeling of eagerly awaiting the arrival of spring.