ノスタルジー

のすたるじー

noun

nostalgia

1. nostalgia; longing for the past

A wistful longing for a past time or a place one has left. A literary-flavored loanword, used where the plain adjective 懐(なつ)かしい would sound too everyday.

ノスタルジーを感(かん)じる。

I feel a sense of nostalgia.

この曲(きょく)は聞(き)くたびにノスタルジーを誘(さそ)う。

This song brings on a wave of nostalgia every time I hear it.

昭和(しょうわ)の街並(まちな)みを再現(さいげん)した施設(しせつ)は、中高年(ちゅうこうねん)のノスタルジーに訴(うった)えている。

The facility recreating a Showa-era streetscape appeals to the nostalgia of middle-aged and older visitors.

From French "nostalgie". The adjectival form ノスタルジック(な) is at least as common as the noun.

Common collocations

ノスタルジーを感(かん)じる: to feel nostalgia
ノスタルジーを誘(さそ)う: to evoke nostalgia
ノスタルジーに浸(ひた)る: to steep oneself in nostalgia
ノスタルジック(な): nostalgic

Similar words

懐(なつ)かしい: nostalgic, fondly remembered — the ordinary word, said of the thing that evokes the feeling
郷愁(きょうしゅう): homesickness, nostalgia — the native equivalent, weightier and more literary
望郷(ぼうきょう): longing for home — specifically for one's native place

Related Words

Compare: 懐(なつ)かしい (nostalgic, fondly remembered)

Compare: 郷愁(きょうしゅう) (homesickness, nostalgia)

Compare: 望郷(ぼうきょう) (longing for home)

Compare: 懐(なつ)かしさ (nostalgia)

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