Kanji

惚

惚

fall in love with, admire, grow senile

Kanji

Grade

Grade 9

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

忄部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

コツ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ほける, ぼける, ほれる

Example sentences

惚れる ほれる
彼女の優しい人柄に惚れてしまった。

I fell in love with her kind personality.

見惚れる みとれる
彼女の美しさに見惚れてしまった。

I was captivated by her beauty.

艶 つや
手入れを欠かさない彼女の髪は、見惚れるほど艶がある。

Her hair, which she takes care of regularly, is so glossy it's mesmerizing.

恍惚 こうこつ
美しい音楽に恍惚とする。

Being entranced by beautiful music.

自惚れる うぬぼれる
彼女は自分の才能に自惚れている。

She is conceited about her own talent.

Example Vocabulary

惚れる

ほれる

to fall in love; to be charmed by; to be fascinated by

見惚れる

みとれる

to be captivated; to be fascinated by watching

恍惚

こうこつ

ecstasy; rapture; trance

一目惚れ

ひとめぼれ

惚ける

ぼける

自惚れる

うぬぼれる

to be conceited; to be full of oneself

惚れ惚れ

ほれぼれ

惚れ直す

ほれなおす

惚れ込む

ほれこむ

寝惚ける

ねぼける

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