偶像崇拝

Japanese
Kanji in this term
偶 像 崇 拝
ぐう
Grade: S		 ぞう
Grade: 5		 すう
Grade: S		 はい
Grade: 6
kan’yōon goon kan’yōon kan’on
Alternative spelling
偶像崇拜 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 偶像 (gūzō, “idol”) +‎ 崇拝 (sūhai, “worship”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ぐうぞーすうはい [gùúzóó súúháí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) ぐうぞーす​うはい [gùúzóó súꜜùhàì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɡɯ̟ᵝːzo̞ː sɨᵝːha̠i]

Noun

偶(ぐう)像(ぞう)崇(すう)拝(はい) • (gūzō sūhai) ←ぐうざうすうはい (gūzau sūfai)?

  1. idolatry (worship of idols)
  2. idolatry (excessive admiration of somebody or something)
    • 1953, 倉田百三, 学生と生活――恋愛――‎, 青空文庫:
      青年(せいねん)はあまり恋(こい)に飢(う)え、恋(こい)の理想(りそう)が強(つよ)いとこうした間違(まちが)いをする。相手(あいて)をよく評価(ひょうか)せずに偶像崇拝(ぐうぞうすうはい)に陥(おちい)る。
      Seinen wa amari koi ni ue, koi no risō ga tsuyoi to kō shita machigai o suru. Aite o yoku hyōka sezu ni gūzō sūhai ni ochiiru.
      When a young man is so starved for love and has such a high ideal of it, he makes this kind of mistake. He does not judge his love interest well and falls into idolatry.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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