畏惧

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 畏惧(いく) means fear or apprehension toward something or a possible future event.
• Basic usage: It is a formal expression used in the examples for fear of another disaster or of freedom being undermined.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The reading compared with 危惧
  • 危惧(きぐ) expresses concern that something undesirable may happen. Although close in meaning, its reading differs from this entry's 畏惧(いく); the different first characters distinguish the two words.