たっとぶ

たっとぶ
貴ぶ
尊ぶ
to value
to prize
to esteem
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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.

・兵は神速[拙速]を尊ぶ. ⇒しんそく, せっそく.

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.

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