畏怖

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun[edit]

()() (ifu

  1. fear
    • 1915, 夏目漱石, 道草:
      (にく)消滅(しょうめつ)について何人(なんびと)よりも(つよ)畏怖(いふ)(ねん)(いだ)いていた。
      Niku no shōmetsu ni tsuite nanbito yori mo tsuyoi ifu no nen o idaite ita.
      He held a terror of the destruction of the body that was stronger than anyone else's.
  2. awe

Verb[edit]

()()する (ifu surutransitive suru (stem ()() (ifu shi), past ()()した (ifu shita))

  1. dread
  2. stand in awe
    • 1945, 太宰治, 惜別:
      どうして(ぼく)は、あれほど科学(かがく)畏怖(いふ)していたのだろう。
      Dōshite boku wa, are hodo kagaku o ifu shite ita no darō.
      Why did I stand in such awe of science?

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