天変地異
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 天 | 変 | 地 | 異 |
| てん Grade: 1 |
へん > ぺん Grade: 4 |
ち Grade: 2 |
い Grade: 6 |
| on’yomi | |||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 天變地異 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
Yojijukugo (四字熟語). Compound of 天変 (tenpen, “a change or abnormality in the heavens”) + 地異 (chii, “a bad change in or on the earth”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
天変地異 • (tenpenchii)
- (idiomatic) an extraordinary natural occurrence: a catastrophe, a calamity
References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN