天地開闢

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	地	開	闢
てん Grade: 1	ち Grade: 2	かい Grade: 3	びゃく Hyōgaiji
kan’on		goon

Etymology

天地 (“heaven and earth”) +‎ 開闢 (“beginning; genesis”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てんちかいびゃく [tèńchí káíbyákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕi̥ ka̠ibʲa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

天(てん)地(ち)開(かい)闢(びゃく) • (tenchi kaibyaku) 

1. (Chinese mythology, Japanese mythology) the beginning of the world; when the world began; when the world was created
   • 2011 June 8, “マスターピース [Masterpiece]”, in Maki Nagayama, hiroko, miyake (lyrics), HIKARI, Hiroto Suzuki, and miyake (music), マスターピース [Masterpiece], performed by Mimiharu GT:

     雨(あめ)の日(ひ)も風(かぜ)の日(ひ)も極(ごっ)寒(かん)の吹(ふ)雪(ぶき)も灼(しゃく)熱(ねつ)の太(たい)陽(よう)も
     全(すべ)て日(ひ)々(び)を彩(いろど)る材(ざい)料(りょう)　へこたれないで意(い)思(し)と愛(あい)を
     君(きみ)がくれた　優(やさ)しさは厳(きび)しさ
     ぶつかることで知(し)ったもどかしさ
     違(ちが)いを認(みと)めることで始(はじ)まる　縦(じゅう)横(よう)無(む)尽(じん)踊(おど)れ天(てん)地(ち)開(かい)闢(びゃく)

     Ame no hi mo kaze no hi mo gokkan no fubuki mo shakunetsu no taiyō mo
     Subete hibi o irodoru zairyō Hekotarenai de ishi to ai o
     Kimi ga kureta Yasashisa wa kibishisa
     Butsukaru koto de shitta modokashisa
     Chigai o mitomeru koto de hajimaru Jūyō mujin odore tenchi kaibyaku

     Rain, wind, freezing snowstorm, scorching sunlight
     All these are ingredients for coloring the days
     You don't give up, you gave away your heart and mind
     Gotta be cruel to be kind
     I knew what impatience was like, when we met
     It begins with seeing our differences. Dance now, uninhibited, as heaven and earth begin

See also

• 天(てん)地(ち)創(そう)造(ぞう) (tenchi sōzō)