拝む [おがむ] /(v5m,vt) (1) to assume the posture of praying/to press the palms and fingers of both hands together/to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha)/to pay one's respects/(v5m,vt) (2) to beg/to make a supplication/(v5m,vt) (3) (sometimes used sarcastically in modern Japanese) (hum) to see (something or someone of high status)/(P)/EntL1472230/