恭きょう敬けい

noun

respect; reverence; veneration

A formal, somewhat literary noun expressing deep respect or reverence, often toward a person, tradition, or sacred object. Less common in everyday speech.

• 彼かれは師しに対たいして深ふかい恭きょう敬けいの念ねんを抱いだいている。

  He holds a deep sense of reverence toward his teacher.

• この神じん社じゃでは、古こ来らいより自し然ぜんへの恭きょう敬けいが大たい切せつにされてきた。

  At this shrine, reverence for nature has been cherished since ancient times.