渇かつ仰ごう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

adoration; reverence; deep esteem

Literary or Buddhist term for fervent admiration or longing, often with a spiritual connotation. Rare in modern colloquial Japanese; more common in religious or classical texts.

• 彼かれは仏ぶっ陀だを渇かつ仰ごうしてやまなかった。

  He endlessly revered the Buddha.

• その詩し人じんは自し然ぜんの美うつくしさに渇かつ仰ごうの念ねんを抱いだいた。

  The poet felt a deep adoration for the beauty of nature.