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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
- —天然惚けnatural airhead; person prone to making silly mistakes
- —吃驚仰天astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment
- —天気祭りceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain)
- —酒天童子Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe
- —木葉天狗weak tengu; small tengu
- —木端天狗weak tengu; small tengu
- —天変地妖natural disaster
- —天こ盛りpiling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
- —天狗巣病witches' broom (plant disease); hexenbesen
- —天蓋つきcanopied
- —韋駄天走running extremely fast
- —天麩羅屋tempura shop; tempura restaurant
- —天を突くto tower extremely high; to pierce the sky; to overflow (with energy); to run high (of spirits, momentum, etc.); to surge (of a feeling)
- —天をつくto tower extremely high; to pierce the sky; to overflow (with energy); to run high (of spirits, momentum, etc.); to surge (of a feeling)
- —晴天の霹靂a bolt out of the blue
- —天手古舞いwhirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
- —カカア天下household with the wife as the boss; wife wearing the pants; wife ruling the roost; house with a henpecked husband
- —天照皇大神Amaterasu Ōmikami (sun goddess)
- —お天道さまthe sun; Sol; providence; heaven; god
- —御天道さまthe sun; Sol; providence; heaven; god