堕天使

See also: 墮天使

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 堕天使 – see 墮天使 (“fallen angel”). (This term is the simplified form of 墮天使).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

堕天使 (datenshi): an illustration of a fallen angel from Paradise Lost.

Kanji in this term
堕	天	使
だ Grade: S	てん Grade: 1	し Grade: 3
goon

Alternative spelling
墮天使 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 堕 (da, “lapse; degenerate; fall”) +‎ 天使 (tenshi, “angel”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だて​んし [dàtéꜜǹshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [da̠tẽ̞ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

堕(だ)天(てん)使(し) • (datenshi) 

1. (Christianity) a fallen angel
   • 2000 March 1, “魔(ま)天(てん)老(ろう)”, in Booster 7, Konami:

     天(てん)界(かい)から追(つい)放(ほう)された堕(だ)天(てん)使(し)。闇(やみ)での闘(たたか)いに優(すぐ)れている。

     Tenkai kara tsuihō sareta datenshi. Yami de no tatakai ni sugurete iru.

     A fallen angel exiled from heaven. He excels at attacking from the dark.

2. (Christianity; by extension) the Devil, Satan, Lucifer

See also

• 悪(あく)魔(ま) (Akuma)
• サタン (Satan)
• ルシファー (Rushifā)