畏い敬けいの念ねん

expression, noun

feelings of awe and veneration; reverential feelings

A formal, somewhat literary set phrase expressing deep respect mixed with awe, often toward nature, deities, or great achievements.

• 彼かれは大だい自し然ぜんの力ちからに畏い敬けいの念ねんを抱いだいた。

  He felt a sense of awe and reverence toward the power of nature.

• その神じん社じゃを訪おとずれると、誰だれもが畏い敬けいの念ねんを覚おぼえるだろう。

  Anyone who visits that shrine will likely feel reverential awe.