Grow with Kitty

かかえる

抱える

kakaeru

very common

English

to hold (in arms)

नेपाली

अँगालो हालेर बोक्नु

Examples

  1. 大おおきな荷物にもつを抱かかえて歩あるきました。

    I walked along with a big load in my arms.

  2. 両りょう手ていっぱいに書類しょるいを抱かかえて、会議かいぎ室しつに向むかいました。

    I headed to the conference room with my arms full of documents.

  3. 重おもい箱はこを抱かかえていたものですから、電話でんわに出でられませんでした。

    I couldn't answer the phone because I had a heavy box in my arms.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

抱 8 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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