Kanji
Readingそん
Frequency64%
Used in (75 in total)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
respect; esteem; regard
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
dignity; majesty; sanctity
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas
your countenance (his ..., her ..., etc.)
self-conceit; self-centeredness; vainglory
reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule
revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)
Sakyamuni (sage of the Sakyas)
reverence; veneration
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
honorary title
self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride
revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)
extreme reverence; deeply revered person; the Emperor
Buddhist saint; man of high repute; guest of honor; guest of honour
holy master; guru
you; your father
Jizo (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva
Yuanshi Tianzun (one of the supreme divinities of Taoism)
noble (person)
your father
self-conceit; vainglory
Acala (Wisdom King); Āryācalanātha; Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas; The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns; head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern); the three people one must esteem: master, father, teacher
statue of a noble character; your picture
placing women above men
death with dignity; natural death (as opposed to extending one's life unnaturally with life support)
honorific language
elder brother; elderly person
World-Honored One (honorific name for Gautama Buddha)
high and low; aristocrat and plebeian
central image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)
(spirit of) independence and self-respect
someone's father; one's companion
honorary title; title of honour; title of honor
your (his, her) health; image (e.g. of Buddha)
your countenance
direct ancestors; ascendant
putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism
respect for women
your idea
Usnisavijaya; Victorious Goddess of the Chignon
various buddhas, bodhisattvas, deities, etc.
your family; your mother
someone's letter
Butchōson (type of Buddha representing omniscience in Mikkyō Buddhism); Butchō
your house
reverence for the emperor and the overthrow of the shogunate
your will; your idea
arrogant and presumptuous; haughty arrogance; intolerable insolence
one's superiors; one's seniors
revering; idolizing
someone's letter
one's superior
speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener
Obediently yours
respecting the intentions or wishes of someone