賜る

tamawaru
to honor with, to dedicate, to grant

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this word came up in an argument I was having with Hiro about Japanese politics, specific to the controversial visits of Japanese politicians to Yasukuni Shrine, a Shinto shrine established to honor the memory of the (Japanese) war dead.
although I've given the dictionary meanings above, I suspect that, given the way Hiro used the verb, it could also be similar to our verb, enshrine.
I won't go into the politics of the discussion, but that word struck me, as I hadn't heard it before, yet I knew, based on the conversation, almost exactly what it meant.