天皇陛下

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天 皇 陛 下
てん
Grade: 1 		おう > のう
Grade: 6 		へい
Grade: 6 		か
Grade: 1
goon kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 天皇 (tennō, “emperor”) +‎ 陛下 (heika, “majesty”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) てんのーへーか [tèńnóó éꜜèkà] (Nakadaka – [5])[2]
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞nːo̞ː he̞ːka̠]

Pronoun

天(てん)皇(のう)陛(へい)下(か) • (Tennō Heika) ←てんわうへいか (Ten'wau Feika)?

  1. His Imperial Majesty (form of address to the Emperor of Japan)
    天(てん)皇(のう)陛(へい)下(か)がお召(め)し上(あ)がりになる食(しょく)事(じ)は、宮(きゅう)中(ちゅう)料(りょう)理(り)人(にん)によって作(つく)られます。
    Tennō Heika ga omeshiagari ni naru shokuji wa, kyūchū ryōrinin ni yotte tsukuraremasu.
    The cuisine for His Imperial Majesty is prepared by the palace chef.

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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