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天 kanji
heavens, sky, imperial
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
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On readings
テン
Kun readings
あまつあめあま-
Words with 天
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —天才バカボンTensai Bakabon (manga, anime)
- —天宙平和連合Universal Peace Federation (affiliate of the Unification Church); UPF
- —人間魚雷回天Ningen Gyorai Kaiten (1955 film)
- —四天王寺大学Shitennoji University
- —運を天に任せるto leave to chance; to resign oneself to one's fate; to leave the rest to heaven
- —レーダー天文学radar astronomy
- —両天秤をかけるto try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
- —両天秤にかけるto try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
- —天を仰ぎて唾すto harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else; to cut off one's nose to spite one's face; to look up at the sky and spit
- —天国に召されるto go to heaven; to be called to heaven
- —木槽天秤しぼり(sake) brewed in wooden vats, squeezed out by weight on a pole
- —本日は晴天なりtesting, testing
- —パンパス天竺鼠Brazilian guinea pig (Cavia aperea)
- —アマゾン天竺鼠shiny guinea pig (Cavia fulgida)
- —太陽系外縁天体trans-Neptunian object; transneptunian object; TNO
- —天蓋付きベッドcanopy bed; canopied bed; duchesse bed
- —天にも昇る心地feeling extremely happy; being in seventh heaven
- —お天気お姉さんweather girl; female TV weather presenter
- —国際天文学連合International Astronomical Union: IAU
- —中国国家航天局China National Space Administration; CNSA