尊

Meaning

尊 centers on high worth and respect: something revered, precious, noble, or exalted. The idea is that the object is valued above others and treated with honor.

• 尊敬そんけい
  N3

  respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

• 尊重そんちょう
  N3

  respect; esteem; regard

• 尊そん

  zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze)

• 尊とうと

  value; preciousness; nobility

• 尊みこと

  Lord; Highness

• 尊厳そんげん

  dignity; majesty; sanctity

• 尊いとうとい
  N1

  precious; valuable; priceless

• 自尊心じそんしん
  N1

  self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride

• 本尊ほんぞん

  principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple); principal image

• 尊師そんし

  holy master; guru

• 尊大そんだい

  haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important

• 尊ぶとうとぶ
  N1

  to value; to prize; to esteem

• 男尊女卑だんそんじょひ

  male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women

• 釈尊しゃくそん

  Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha

• 日本武尊やまとたける

  Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto

• 尊顔そんがん

  your countenance (his ..., her ..., etc.)

• 尊王そんのう

  reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule

• 自尊じそん

  self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride

• 不動尊ふどうそん

  Acala (Wisdom King); Āryācalanātha; Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity

• 唯我独尊ゆいがどくそん

  throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one

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