Japanese

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Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1
がん
Grade: 5
つう
Grade: 2
kan'on goon
Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1
げん
Grade: 5
つう
Grade: 2
goon

Etymology

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From 天眼(てんげん) (tengen, heavenly eye) + (つう) (tsū, power).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(てん)(げん)(つう) or (てん)(がん)(つう) (tengentsū or tengantsū

  1. (Buddhism) clairvoyance, one of the 六神通 (rokujinzū, six abhijñā (higher power))

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN