Kanji尊
Readingそん
Frequency64%
Used in (78 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
(one's) countenance; face
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas
throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one; self-conceit; self-centeredness; vainglory
reverence; veneration
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule
honorific title
revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
extreme reverence; deeply revered person; the Emperor
self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride
revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians
throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one
Buddhist saint; man of high repute; guest of honor; guest of honour
holy master; guru
you; your father
Jizō (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva
placing women above men
Yuanshi Tianzun (one of the supreme divinities of Taoism)
your father
noble (person)
self-conceit; vainglory
Acala (Wisdom King); Āryācalanātha; Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
statue of a noble character; your picture
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
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
honorary title; title of honour; title of honor
someone's father; one's companion
your (his, her) health; image (e.g. of Buddha)
direct ancestors; ascendant
your countenance
respect for women
putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism
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
arrogant and presumptuous; haughty arrogance; intolerable insolence
your house
reverence for the emperor and the overthrow of the shogunate
your will; your idea
one's superiors; one's seniors
your mother
revering; idolizing
(another'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