胸むねを焦こがす

expression, godan verb (-su)

yearn for; pine for; long for

Expresses a deep, often painful longing or yearning, typically for a person or an unattainable desire. Literary and emotionally charged.

• 彼かの女じょは遠とおく離はなれた恋こい人びとに胸むねを焦こがした。

  She yearned for her lover far away.

• 故こ郷きょうの味あじに胸むねを焦こがす日ひ々びが続つづいた。

  Days of longing for the taste of home continued.