天啓

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天 啓
てん
Grade: 1 		けい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) てんけー [tèńkéé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞ŋke̞ː]

Noun

天(てん)啓(けい) • (tenkei) ←てんけい (tenkei)?

  1. divine revelation
  2. (by extension, informal) unexpected genius thought
    天啓(てんけい)が降(お)りる
    tenkei ga oriru
    to have a flash of brilliance
    (literally, “a revelation comes down”)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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