畏怖

Japanese

Kanji in this term

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Noun

()() (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

()()する (ifu suru) transitive 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?

Conjugation

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