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to value; to prize; to esteem
to respect; to honour; to honor; to revere; to look up to
古来より学問を尚ぶ家柄として知られていた。
They have been known since ancient times as a family that values scholarship.
武士道は名誉を尚ぶ精神を重んじた。
Bushido valued the spirit of honoring reputation.
質素を尚ぶ生活態度が見直されている。
An attitude of valuing simplicity in life is being reconsidered.