Word Meaning 拝む

おがむ ogamu

拝む is read as おがむ (ogamu) and means to see (something or someone of high status).

Meaning

English

  1. to see (something or someone of high status)
  2. to beg
  3. to make a supplication
  4. to assume the posture of praying
  5. to press the palms and fingers of both hands together
  6. to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha)
  7. to pay one's respects

Reading

Kana

おがむ

Romaji

ogamu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Synonyms 拝観する,拝見する,拝する Rank 8334 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

拝見

はいけん

seeing

拝借

はいしゃく

borrowing

拝金

はいきん

money-worship

拝観

はいかん

see

拝殿

はいでん

front shrine

拝礼

はいれい

worship

拝啓

はいけい

Dear (so and so)

拝金主義

はいきんしゅぎ

mammonism

拝金主義者

はいきんしゅぎしゃ

mammonist

礼拝

らいはい

worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)

参拝

さんぱい

going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple)

崇拝

すうはい

worship

Example Sentences

3

まいあさ、ぶつだんをおがむ。

Every morning, I worship the Buddhist altar.

そぼはつきにむかっておがむようにねがいごとをした。

My grandmother made a wish as if praying to the moon.

かのじょはそのかしゅをおがむようなきもちでみていた。

She looked at the singer with a feeling of adoration.