- たっとぶ
- 貴ぶ
尊ぶ
to value
to prize
to esteem* * *たっとぶ【尊ぶ・貴ぶ】1 〔尊重する〕 value; set a high value on…; set store by…; make [think] much of…; prize; esteem; hold sth in (high) esteem; have a high regard for…. [=おもんじる]●命よりも名を尊ぶ value [put] honor above life; hold honor dearer than life.
●謀(はかりごと)は密なるを尊ぶ. Secrecy is the soul of strategy.
2 〔尊敬する〕 respect; honor; esteem; hold 《sb》 in high regard; look up to…; 〔畏敬する〕 《文》 revere.●年長者を尊ぶ respect older people; hold people who are one's senior in respect
・尊ぶべき deserving of respect; should be honored; honorable
・尊ばれる be respected; be esteemed; be held in high esteem; command sb's respect [esteem]; make oneself respected.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.