畏怖

Japanese

Kanji in this term
畏 怖
い
Grade: S
ふ
Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

畏(い)怖(ふ) • (ifu) 

  1. fear
    • 1915, 夏目漱石, 道草:
      肉(にく)の消滅(しょうめつ)について何人(なんびと)よりも強(つよ)い畏怖(いふ)の念(ねん)を抱(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

畏(い)怖(ふ)する • (ifu suru) transitive suru (stem 畏(い)怖(ふ)し (ifu shi), past 畏(い)怖(ふ)した (ifu shita))

  1. dread
  2. stand in awe
    • 1945, 太宰治, 惜別:
      どうして僕(ぼく)は、あれほど科学(かがく)を畏怖(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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