Meaning of 天 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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天JLPT 1
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Kana Readingてん, あめ, あま
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Romajiten, ame, ama
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- sky
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- heaven
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- Parts of speech
- Buddhist term
- Meaning
- svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth)
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- Parts of speech
- Buddhist term
- Meaning
- deva (divine being of Buddhism)
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Example Sentences
天, てん, あめ, あま used in context
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God is the creator. Heaven and Earth and people and everything apart from God are created.
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返事を待つアリスに向けられたのは突然の咆哮。それは耳を貫かんばかりに鋭く、天に届かんばかりに大きく響くものでした。
What Alice, waiting for a reply, was faced with was a sudden howl. It was a resounding noise, sharp as to burst her ear drums, loud as to reach unto the heavens.
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My father always said that heaven helps those who help themselves.
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Mt. Fuji soars heavenward.
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不運にもＡＬＳにかかってしまったことは別として、私は、他のほとんどすべての天で幸運であった。
Apart from being unlucky enough to get ALS, I have been fortunate in almost every other respect.
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Poverty is, in a sense, a blessing.
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