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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

敬うやまう

N2
うやまう uyamau
  1. to show respect
  2. to honour
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

尊敬;敬重

Examples

  • 私わたしは、年とし上うえの人ひとを敬うやまうように教おしえられた。
    I was taught to respect my elders.
    我从小被教导要尊敬年长者。
  • 私わたしたちは祖そ先せんをうやまうべきだ。
    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"
  }
}