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 (guuzau suufai)?

  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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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