憧れる

Meaning

1. v1vi
   to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to; to admire; to adore

Example sentences

• 先ずは憧れの作家の文章の呼吸をつかむためにひたすら筆写、丸写しをする。

  First, in order to get a feel for your favourite author's work, transcribe and copy in full.

• ボクが憧れたのは翔太部長の『力』じゃない。体を張ってでも信念を貫こうとする雄々しい勇気だったはず。

  What I looked up to in Shota was not his 'strength'. It was his heroic courage to put his life on the line to carry out his convictions.

• 彼は彼らが名声に憧れていると思った。

  He thought of them yearning for fame.