This is the 2139th most frequent Japanese word.
懐かしい
Nostalgic; emotionally reminiscent of the past.
懐かしい is used to express a feeling of nostalgia or sentimentality when reminiscing about something familiar or cherished from the past.
この音楽を聞くと懐かしい気持ちになります。
Listening to this music makes me feel nostalgic.
懐かしい conveys a feeling of yearning or affectionate memory associated with a place or experience from one's past.
子供の頃遊んだ公園を訪れると懐かしい思いがよみがえります。
Visiting the park I used to play in as a child brings back nostalgic memories.
Here, 懐かしい characterizes topics or recollections that evoke warm memories of times shared in the past.