天罰覿面

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
天	罰	覿	面
てん Grade: 1	ばつ Grade: S	てき Hyōgaiji	めん Grade: 3
on’yomi	kan’yōon	goon	kan’on

Etymology edit

Compound of 天罰 (tenbatsu, “divine retribution”) +‎ 覿面 (tekimen, “immediate, prompt; immediacy, promptness”).^[1]^[2]

First cited to a text from 1885.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) てんばつてきめん [téꜜǹbàtsù tèkíméń] (Atamadaka + Heiban — [1] + [0])^[2]

Noun edit

天(てん)罰(ばつ)覿(てき)面(めん) • (tenbatsu tekimen)

the immediacy of divine punishment

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “天罰覿面”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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