畏い懼く

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

reverence; awe; fear

Literary or formal term for a feeling of deep respect mixed with fear or awe, often toward a superior, deity, or overwhelming power. Rare in everyday speech; more common in classical or formal written contexts.

• 神かみの御み業わざに畏い懼くの念ねんを抱いだく。

  One feels a sense of awe and reverence at the works of God.

• 彼かれは上じょう司しに対たいして畏い懼くの情じょうを隠かくせなかった。

  He could not hide his feelings of awe and fear toward his superior.