あおぐ – Vocabulary details

あおぐ

Verb (5-dan, ぐ, transitive)

1. to look up (at)

2. to look up to; to respect; to revere

3. to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to turn to (someone) for

4. to depend on; to rely on

5. to gulp down; to quaff; to drink

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to look up

to look up to (a person) as one's preceptor

to ask for advice

彼かれらは彼かれをリーダーとしてあおぐ。

They look up to him as their leader.

日に本ほんは原げん綿めんの供きょう給きゅうを海かい外がいにあおぐ。

Japan depends on overseas countries for the supply of raw cotton.

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