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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

崇すう拝はい

suuhai

to worship, to idolize

Example sentences

その部族ぶぞくは祖先そせんを崇拝すうはいしている。
That tribe worships its ancestors.
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ギリシア人じんはいくつもの神かみを崇拝すうはいした。
The Greeks used to worship several gods.
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彼かれらは彼かれを英雄えいゆうとして崇拝すうはいした。
They worshipped him as a hero.
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Kanji in 崇拝

崇adore; respectOnスウKunあがめる
拝worship; adoreOnハイKunおがむ・おろがむ

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