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I've come across the expression 懐に入れた人間 a couple of times in texts describing
(male) characters, e.g. 一度懐に入れた人間はとことん甘やかしてしまう, but I don't quite understand
what it means. "Once he thinks dearly of someone, he will pamper that person a
lot"?
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Meaning of 懐に入れた人間
There is an idiom "懐に入る", which means "to gain someone's trust and favor". For
example, 彼女は人の懐に入るのがうまい. So 懐に入れた人間 means "person whom I trust and like".
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To expand on Yuuichi Tam's answer, the 懐【ふところ】 is the pouch-y part of a kimono
where the left and right sides of the robe overlap, and this area tends to
pouch out a bit over the obi. This is where folks would traditionally keep a
billfold, for example. This is pretty close to the middle of one's chest, and
thus one's heart, so 懐【ふところ】に入【い】れる became a metaphor for "to let [someone]
into one's heart" → "to think dearly and fondly about someone".
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