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懐かしい

なつかしい

longed-for, nostalgic

Mnemonic

The heart has hold of something it will not put down, and standing in this spot brings the whole lot back up. Nuts なつ and cashews かし, and the smell of the place: なつかしい.

Worth knowing

English has no clean word for it. Not sad and not merely fond, more that the past has come close enough to touch.

Built from

bosom, hold dear
忄 a heart on the left holding onto something that it has no intention of putting down.

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