偶像崇拝

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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)

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偶像崇拝

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぐうぞーすうはい (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ぐうぞーすうはい (Nakadaka – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

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)^?}

idolatry (worship of idols)
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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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