敬う
N2うやまう uyamau
- to show respect
- to honour
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
尊敬;敬重
Examples
- 私は、年上の人を敬うように教えられた。I was taught to respect my elders.我从小被教导要尊敬年长者。
- 私たちは祖先をうやまうべきだ。We should worship our ancestors.我们应该尊敬祖先。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d95334bf4d'); // 敬う
{
"id": "d95334bf4d",
"word": "敬う",
"reading": "うやまう",
"romaji": "uyamau",
"meanings": [
"to show respect",
"to honour"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"v5u",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1250700,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私は、年上の人を敬うように教えられた。",
"furigana": "{私|わたし}は、{年上|としうえ}の{人|ひと}を{敬|うやま}うように{教|おし}えられた。",
"en": "I was taught to respect my elders.",
"tatoeba_id": 162200
},
{
"ja": "私たちは祖先をうやまうべきだ。",
"furigana": "{私|わたし}たちは{祖先|そせん}をうやまうべきだ。",
"en": "We should worship our ancestors.",
"tatoeba_id": 165506
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "669d7dc0ae19e57e6e7a26e7ee2eaa8a5cff11f4279ac996524d4992d9679929",
"meanings": [
"尊敬",
"敬重"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私は、年上の人を敬うように教えられた。",
"zh": "我从小被教导要尊敬年长者。"
},
{
"ja": "私たちは祖先をうやまうべきだ。",
"zh": "我们应该尊敬祖先。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/d95334bf4d",
"JMdict ent_seq 1250700; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "61bebcb5433c8e0c93c871f3bb6d1914bf919b4c28f795b19d993c23efc70270"
}
}