| Kanji | Hiragana |
|---|---|
| 天国 | てんごく |
Pronunciation: Tengoku
How to Say It Outloud: Ten-goh-koo
Usage: Commonly used to refer to heaven or paradise.
Example Sentence Japanese:
彼は天国で幸せに暮らしているでしょう。
彼は天国で幸せに暮らしているでしょう。Example Sentence English:He is surely living happily in heaven.
He is surely living happily in heaven.| Kanji | Hiragana |
|---|---|
| 天 | てん |
Pronunciation: Ten
How to Say It Outloud: Ten
Usage: Can refer to sky or heaven.
Example Sentence Japanese:天はとても晴れています。
天はとても晴れています。Example Sentence English:The sky is very clear.
The sky is very clear.Dictionary
天国てんごくCommon wordjlpt-n1
Noun- paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
- Heaven
優勝ゆうしょうCommon wordjlpt-n3
NounSuru verb
Intransitive verb
- overall victory; championship; winning the title
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
- (being in) heaven; bliss; perfect contentment
- Yūshō
雲の上くものうえ
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)Noun
- above the clouds; heaven
Noun
- the Imperial Court
Noun
- something unreachable; place of out of reach
天てんCommon word
Noun- sky
- heaven
- God
- svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth)
- deva (divine being of Buddhism)
- top (of a book)
- sole (of a Japanese sandal)
- beginning; start
- tempura
- India
- Tian
天堂てんどう
Noun- heaven; paradise
天界てんかい
Noun- the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere
- heavenly realm; deva realm
天命てんめい
Noun- God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; fate; karma; destiny
- one's life; one's lifespan
- Mandate of Heaven
天上界てんじょうかい
Noun- celestial world; heaven
- Tenjoukai
ヘブンヘブン
Noun- heaven
- Hofn
常世の国とこよのくに
Noun- land of the dead; netherworld
- distant country
上界じょうかい
Noun- upper world; heaven; superkingdom
- upper bound
皇天こうてん
Noun- providence; heaven
天と地てんとち
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)- heaven and earth; top and bottom
- Heaven u0026 Earth (1993 film)
天下一品てんかいっぴん
Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'Noun
- beyond compare; peerless; unrivaled; unique
ハライソパライソ
Noun- paradise; heaven; Eden
天地神明てんちしんめい
Noun- the gods of heaven and earth
天地玄黄てんちげんこう
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)- heaven is black and earth is yellow; heaven and earth
天地てんちCommon wordjlpt-n1
Noun- heaven and earth; the universe; the world; nature
- land; world; realm; sphere
- top and bottom
- gods of heaven and earth
桑原桑原くわばらくわばら
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)- knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
そらCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- sky; the air; the heavens
- weather
- far-off place; distant place
- state of mind; feeling
- (from) memory; (by) heart
- falsehood; lie
- somehow; vaguely
- fake
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