Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1
じょう
Grade: 1
てん
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
goon

Etymology edit

Literary Chinese 天上天下

Pronunciation edit

Phrase edit

(てん)(じょう)(てん)() (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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN