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I noticed that 仰ぐ and 見上げる both mean "to look up." What difference do these
two have in terms of nuance and usage? I'd appreciate it if there would be
sample sentences taken from corpus.
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What's the difference between 仰ぐ vs 見上げる?
見上げる is a simple compound verb that means looking up at something that is
located above you.

仰ぐ is sometimes used in this sense, too, in which case it sounds more literary
and/or poetic. 天を仰ぐ means looking up at the sky after being shocked, grieved,
etc. It's always used transitively; without を, あおぐ alone makes little sense.
Basically this is not used in everyday conversations outside of a few fixed
idioms.

Note that 仰ぐ today mainly means "to see someone (a teacher, senior, etc) as a
respectable person" (e.g, 彼を師匠と仰ぐ) and "to seek/take direction (from a boss,
etc)" (e.g., 上司の指示を仰ぐ).
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