天上天下

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天 上 天 下
てん
Grade: 1 		じょう
Grade: 1 		てん
Grade: 1 		げ
Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

Literary Chinese 天上天下

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) てんじょーてんげ [tèńjóó téꜜǹgè] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː tẽ̞ŋɡe̞]

Phrase

天(てん)上(じょう)天(てん)下(げ) • (tenjō tenge) ←てんじやうてんげ (tenzyau tenge)?

  1. (literal) above heaven and under heaven
  2. (figurative) the whole world or universe

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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