仰

Meaning

仰 centers on directing oneself upward, whether physically looking up or metaphorically depending on or revering someone above. The meanings 'drink' and 'take' are less common and may be specialized or archaic applications.

• 信仰しんこう
  N3

  (religious) faith; belief; creed

• 仰るおっしゃる
  N4

  to say; to speak; to tell

• 仰天ぎょうてん

  being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback

• 仰向けあおむけ
  N1

  facing upward

• 仰ぐあおぐ
  N1

  to look up (at)

• 仰けのっけ

  the very start; the very beginning

• 仰せおおせ

  order (from one's superior); command

• 大仰おおぎょう

  exaggerated; overblown; overdone

• 仰々しいぎょうぎょうしい

  exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured

• 仰角ぎょうかく

  angle of elevation

• 仰山ぎょうさん

  a lot; plenty; abundant; great many

• 仰け反るのけぞる

  to bend backwards; to bend oneself back

• びっくり仰天びっくりぎょうてん

  astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment

• カトリック信仰カトリックしんこう

  Catholicism

• 不信仰ふしんこう

  lack of faith; unbelief; impiety; infidelity

• 仰ぎ奉るあおぎたてまつる

  to look up

• 仰ぎ望みあおぎのぞみ

  look to (for help); look up to; reverence

• 仰ぎ見るあおぎみる

  to look up (at); to look upwards

• 仰け様のけざま

  being on one's back

• 仰せつかるおおせつかる

  to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)

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