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惚

fall in love with
Stroke count: 11

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Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. fall in love with
    彼は彼女に一目惚れした。He fell in love with her at first sight.tatoeba
    彼は電話で初めて彼女の愛らしい声を聞いてすっかり彼女に惚れ込んでしまった。When he first heard her lovely voice over the phone, he fell head over heels for her.tatoeba
  2. admire
  3. grow senile
  4. infatuationRtK
  1. to fall in love (with)
  2. to fall for
  3. to become enamored (with)
  4. to be taken (with)
  5. to be attracted (by)

Popular Usage

自惚れ

Radicals and components

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Compound words

自惚れうぬぼれ
conceit; vanity; pride; self-importance; egotism
惚けぼけ
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; dementia
惚れるほれる
to fall in love (with); to fall for; to become enamored (with); to be taken (with); to be attracted (by)
惚けるとぼける
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play innocent; to have a blank facial expression; to play the fool
自惚れるうぬぼれる
to be conceited
恍惚こうこつ
ecstasy
己惚れうぬぼれ
vanity, conceit
惚気るのろける
to go on about (one's love affairs)
一目惚れひとめぼれ
love at first sight
惚け茄子ぼけなす
slow-witted person
惚れぼれほれぼれ
fondly
惚れ惚れほれぼれ
fondly
惚れ込むほれこむ
to be strongly attracted (by)
恍惚状態こうこつじょうたい
state of ecstasy
ひとめ惚れひとめぼれ
love at first sight
ひと目惚れひとめぼれ
love at first sight

Additional Examples

誰でも大なり小なり自惚れはある。
Everyone is more or less conceited.tatoeba
私は彼女の話し方に聞き惚れてしまった。
I was charmed by her way of speaking.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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Practice Writing 惚

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