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荘厳

荘厳

Japanese

Kanji in this term
そう
Grade: S
ごん
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

荘厳 (-na inflection, hiragana そうごん, romaji sōgon)

  1. grim, stern
    • 1919, 豊島与志雄, 楠の話:
       (わたし)はそれほど荘厳 (そうごん) (ちち)姿 (すがた) ()たことはなかった。
      Watashi wa sore hodo sōgon na chichi no sugata o mita koto wa nakatta.
      I had never seen my father so stern.
  2. sublime

Inflection

Noun

荘厳 (hiragana そうごん, romaji sōgon)

  1. solemnity
  2. sublimity
    • 1947, 海野十三, 金属人間:
      荘厳 (そうごん)神秘 (しんぴ)とにつつまれたその部屋 (へや)です。
      Sōgon to shinpi to ni tsutsumareta sono heya desu.
      The room was enveloped in mystery and solemnity.