Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug
2. to have sex with; to make love to; to sleep with
3. to sit on (eggs); to brood
Kanji used
hug
Pitch accent
Top 1900
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)
Examples (6 in total)
He bore a grudge against me.
The boy hugged the puppy to his chest.
She held the child to her bosom.
The moment I held the baby in my arms, it began to cry.
The little girl was carried back home in her father's arms.
The little boy felt secure in his father's arms.