偶像崇拝

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ぐう
Grade: S
ぞう
Grade: 5
すう
Grade: S
はい
Grade: 6
kan'yōon goon kan'yōon kan'on
Alternative spelling
偶像崇拜 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology

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Compound of 偶像 (gūzō, idol) +‎ 崇拝 (sūhai, worship).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ぐう)(ぞう)(すう)(はい) (gūzō sūhaiぐうざうすうはい (guuzau suufai)?

  1. idolatry (worship of idols)
  2. idolatry (excessive admiration of somebody or something)
    • 1953, 倉田百三, 学生と生活――恋愛――[1], 青空文庫:
      青年(せいねん)はあまり(こい)()え、(こい)理想(りそう)(つよ)いとこうした間違(まちが)いをする。相手(あいて)をよく評価(ひょうか)せずに偶像崇拝(ぐうぞうすうはい)(おちい)る。
      Seinen wa amari koi ni ue, koi no risō ga tsuyoi to kō shita machigai o suru. Aite o yoku hyōka sezu ni gūzō sūhai ni ochiiru.
      When a young man is so starved for love and has such a high ideal of it, he makes this kind of mistake. He does not judge his love interest well and falls into idolatry.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN