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仰ぎ望み (あおぎのぞみ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

仰あおぎ望のぞみ

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

look to for help; look up to; revere

Conveys looking upward to someone or something with hope, respect, or reliance. Often used in literary or formal contexts.

彼かれは師しを仰あおぎ望のぞみ、日ひ々び精しょう進じんした。
He looked up to his teacher and devoted himself to daily training.

人ひと

々びと

の

救すく

い

へ

の

仰あお

ぎ

望のぞ

み

は

強つよ

かっ

た

。

The people had a strong longing to look to salvation for help.

Kanji

仰face-up, look up, depend
望ambition, full moon, hope

Similar words

尊そん敬けい
尊敬 is a general term for respect or esteem, while 仰ぎ望み implies a more emotional, upward-looking reverence and hope.
頼たよる
頼る means to rely on someone for practical support; 仰ぎ望み adds a nuance of looking up with admiration or spiritual dependence.

Etymology

Compound of 仰ぎ (あおぎ, the continuative form of 仰ぐ 'to look up to') and 望み (のぞみ, 'hope' or 'desire'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally expresses looking upward with hope or reverence.