抱

embrace

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Grade 8KANJIDIC

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finger · fingers · wrap · bound up (乙) · snake (乙) · self (自)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 697

一抱えひとかかえ

armful

横抱きよこだき

carrying (an infant, etc.) horizontally in one's arms

介抱かいほう

nursing

合抱ごうほう

armful

召し抱えめしかかえ

mercenary troops

召し抱えるめしかかえる

to employ (as a retainer)

辛抱しんぼう

patience

おんぶに抱っこおんぶにだっこ

relying completely on others

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