Kanji: 天

    • Meaning : heavens,sky,imperial
    • ON reading : テン
    • KUN reading : あまつ,あめ,あま-
    • Nanori : あき,あも,た,たかし,て,なま
    • Stroke count : 4
    • Frequency of use ranking : 512
    • Jouyou grade level : 1
    • JLPT : 4
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • | お - おてんき - weather (polite term) | temper/mood
  • ず - しせいてんにつうず - Sincerity can move heaven
  • くるく - てんはみずからたすくるものをたすく - Heaven helps those who help themselves
  • - てんしんはん - "Chinese" dish of Japanese origin
  • - てんじ - tuning peg (of a shamisen, etc.)
  • ゆる - てんたかくうまこゆるあき - Autumn with the sky clear and blue, and horses growing stout
  • り | - てんきまつり - ceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain)
  • り - うんはてんにあり - No flying from fate
  • からく - くだのあなからてんをのぞく - Have a narrow view of things
  • えず - てんはにぶつをあたえず - God does not give two gifts
  • ず - いちねんてんにつうず - Faith will move mountains
  • - てんせいじんご - vox populi, vox dei (the people's voice is the voice of God)
  • - どうだんつつじ | ドウダンツツジ - Enkianthus perulatus
  • - ひいらぎなんてん - Mahonia japonica/Japanese mahonia
  • コール - コールてん | コールテン - corded velveteen/corduroy
  • - じゅんこうせいじょうてんたい - quasar/quasi-stellar object/QSO
  • - てんもんどう - Asparagus cochinchinensis
  • えられた - てんににぶつをあたえられた - gifted with two things (usu. beauty and intelligence)
  • | - ばてれん | パテレン | バテレン - Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century) | Christianity
  • | - ビロード | びろうど - velvet
  • - あくてんこう - bad weather
  • - あくてん - bad weather
  • - きょくじつしょうてん - full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun) (vigour)/being in the ascendant
  • 使 - あくてんし - evil angels
  • - いってんばんじょう - the whole realm
  • - いってんしかい - the world/the universe
  • - いってん - the whole sky/firmament
  • - うてんじゅんえん - rescheduled in case of rain
  • - うてんけっこう - NOT cancelled in case of rain
  • - うてん - rainy weather
  • - まるてんじょう - circular ceiling
  • - えんてん - blazing heat/scorching sun
  • - えんてんか - under blazing sun
  • - ちゅうてん - rising into the heavens
  • - らくてん - optimism
  • - らくてんてき - optimistic
  • - らくてんか - optimist/easy-going person
  • - らくてんしゅぎしゃ - optimist
  • | - かんてん - drought/dry weather
  • - らくてんしゅぎ - optimism
  • - かんてん - freezing weather | agar-agar/vegetable gelatin
  • - まるてんじょう - arched ceiling
  • - きそうてんがい - fantastic idea/bizarre
  • - きょうてんどうち - astounding/startling/world-shaking/amazing
  • - ぎょうてん - being amazed/being horrified/being taken aback
  • - きゅうちょうのてん - the palace
  • - ぎょうてん - dawn
  • - きゅうてん - sky/heavens/palace
  • - きゅうてんちょっか - falling headlong/plummeting/sudden crash
  • - だいじざいてん - Mahesvara (Shiva in the Buddhist pantheon)
  • - ぞうじょうてん - Virudhaka (Buddhist deity)
  • - しょてん - various deities/the gods
  • - しょうてん | しょうでん - Nandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon)
  • - こうもくてん - Virupaksa (Buddhist deity)
  • - てんねんしぜん - natural | naturally
  • - てんもんたんい - astronomical unit/AU
  • - こうてんてき - a posteriori/acquired
  • - しょうちょうてんのうせい - symbolic emperor system
  • - じんむてんのうさい - Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3rd, the supposed day of his death)
  • する - てんにつばする - to harm oneself in an attempt to harm someone else (lit: to spit into the air)
  • - かんぎてん - Nandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon)
  • - たもんてん - Vaisravana (Buddhist deity)
  • - てんのうにんげんせんげん - Imperial Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; Jan. 1, 1946)
  • - しせきめいしょうてんねんきねんぶつ - historic sites, places of scenic beauty and natural monuments
  • る - てんばつがくだる - to receive divine punishment
  • - てんかん - Ministry of State (Zhou-dynasty China)
  • - てんききごう - weather symbol
  • - じざいてん - Mahesvara (Shiva in the Buddhist pantheon)
  • - じこくてん - Dhrtarastra (Buddhist deity)
  • - てんぶ - gods of the heavens
  • - あまつたたら | テンシンフクトウ - bellows (of the) imperial harbor/Shinto Buddhist doctrines
  • - こうてん - stormy weather
  • | - やままゆ | てんさん | ヤママユ - Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
  • - あまのますひと - people/subjects/populace
  • - てんのう - heavenly king | Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
  • - にほんもんとくてんのうじつろく - Nihon Montoku Tenno Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
  • - てんじんしちだい - seven generations of celestial deities
  • - てんだいしんとう - Tendai Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
  • - てんにんちょう | テンニンチョウ - pin-tailed whydah (species of weaverbird, Vidua macroura)
  • - みっかてんか | みっかでんか - short-lived rule/being in power only for a brief period/brief championship
  • | | - すめみま - grandchild of Amaterasu (i.e. Ninigi no Mikoto) | descendant of Amaterasu/person of imperial lineage/emperor
  • ゴム - てんねんゴム - natural rubber/India rubber/caoutchouc
  • の - あめの | あまの - heavenly/celestial/divine
  • 湿 - てんねんほしついんし - natural moisturizing factor/NMF
  • - てんぴょうじゃく - Tempyou shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
  • - あまのむらくものつるぎ - Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi (heavenly gathering of clouds sword; one of the three Imperial regalia)
  • | - あまのうきはし - Ama no Ukihashi (the heavenly floating bridge; by which gods are said to descend from the heavens to the earth)
  • - あまのみはしら - Ama no Mihashira (the heavenly pillar on Onokoro Island, around which Izanagi and Izanami are said to have wed)
  • | | - へちま - sponge gourd/dishcloth gourd/loofah | sponge cucumber | (metaphorically, generally in negative sentences) something useless
  • びん | - ちょくじてんびん - analytical balance/direct reading balance
  • - せんてんせいたんがんへいさしょう - congenital bile duct atresia
  • - あまのぬほこ - Ama no Nuhoko (the heavenly jeweled spear used by Izanagi and Izanami)
  • - てんまんぐう - Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)
  • - ごずてんのう - Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
  • - てんたいざひょう - celestial coordinates
  • - てんじくがく - gagaku of Indian origin
  • - てんもんがくてきすうじ - astronomical figure/astronomical number
  • - てんかん - celestial stems (10 signs of the Chinese calendar)
  • 使 - しゅごてんし - guardian angel
  • - ちしんてんちょう - geocentric zenith
  • - てんかつきゅう - Scorpio (8th zodiacal sign)/the Scorpion
  • | - すずめが | スズメガ - hawk moth (any moth of family Sphingidae)/hawkmoth/sphinx moth
  • - てんきゅうざひょう - celestial coordinates
  • - てんびんきゅう - Libra (7th zodiacal sign)/the Scales
  • - てんもんてんちょう - astronomical zenith
  • - こうせいてん - sphere of fixed stars (in the Ptolemaic system)
  • - てんぺんちいせつ - catastrophism
  • - しょうてん - death/the Ascension
  • - てんねんこうりょう - natural perfume/naturally fragrances
  • - じょうてん - heaven/God/Providence/the Supreme Being/the Absolute
  • - じょうてんき - fair weather
  • - しゃしんてんちょうとう - photographic zenith tube
  • - てんぴょうじだい - Tempyo period (esp. used as a period of art history, 710-794 CE)
  • - べにすずめ | ベニスズメ - elephant hawk moth (Deilephila elpenor)
  • - てんきあめ - sun shower/sudden rain from a blue sky
  • - てんこ - high ranking kitsune (fox spirit)
  • - せいてん - fine weather
  • - せんてんせいめんえきふぜんしょうこうぐん - primary immunodeficiency syndrome
  • - あおてんじょうよさん - limitless budget
  • - あおてんじょう - blue sky/outdoor/skyrocketing
  • - てんぽうのかいかく - Tempo Reforms (series of goverment measures, 1841-1843 CE)
  • | のへきれき | - せいてんのへきれき - a bolt out of the blue
  • - せいてんはくじつ - being cleared of all the charge (brought against one)/being found completely innocent
  • - せんてんばいどく - congenital syphilis
  • - せんてんびょう - hereditary disease
  • - せんてんてき - a priori/inborn/innate/inherent/congenital/hereditary
  • - せんてんせい - hereditary
  • - せんてんせいこかんせつだっきゅう - congenital hip dislocation
  • - ぜんてんこう - all-weather/weather-proof
  • - ぜんてん - all heaven
  • | - いぬびわ | イヌビワ - Ficus erecta (species of ficus)
  • - たいしゃくてん - Sakra devanam Indra (deity of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism)
  • かってく - てんにむかってつばきをはく - to spit into the wind/in trying to cause harm to another, one invites disaster upon onelself
  • - こあほうどり | コアホウドリ - Laysan albatross (Diomedea immutabilis)
  • | - しゃちほこが | シャチホコガ - lobster moth (Stauropus fagi persimilis)
  • - ひしょうてん - Assumption (of the body and soul of Mary into heaven)
  • | かす - てんかす - tenkasu (crunchy bits of deep-fried dough produced as a byproduct of cooking tempura)
  • くるものをく - てんはみずからたすくるものをたすく - Heaven helps those who help themselves
  • - ちゅうてん - mid-air/mid-heaven/zenith
  • - せいぼひしょうてん - Assumption (of the body and soul of Mary into heaven)
  • - すすいろあほうどり | ススイロアホウドリ - sooty albatross (Phoebetria fusca)
  • - くろあしあほうどり | クロアシアホウドリ - black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
  • つ | - あまつ - heavenly/imperial
  • - あまのはら - the sky/the heavens
  • - てんい - imperial throne
  • - てんい - heavenly garment
  • らず - てんじょうしらず - skyrocketing (prices)
  • - てんじょううら - above the ceiling
  • - てんのうざん - Tennozan Hill/strategic point
  • り - あまくだり - retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation
  • - てんかわけめ - fateful/decisive (war)
  • - てんか - fire caused by lightning
  • - てんがい - horizon/distant land/skyline/heavenly shores/remote region
  • - てんげん | てんがん - the heavenly eye | rolling back one's eyes during convulsions
  • - てんき - profound secret/emperor's health/the will of heaven
  • | - おてんきや - moody person/temperamental person/fickle person
  • - てんきつごう - weather conditions
  • - てんきゅう - celestial sphere
  • - てんきょく - celestial poles
  • - てんぐばなし - boastful story
  • - てんけい - divine punishment
  • - てんけい - heaven-sent warning
  • - てんこう - work of nature
  • - てんのうせい - the Emperor System
  • り - あまくだり - command to an inferior
  • - てんさい - natural calamity/disaster
  • - てぐす - silkworm gut/catgut
  • - てんしえいまい - highly gifted
  • - てんじくねずみ - guinea pig (any of five guinea pig species, esp. Cavia porcellus)
  • - てんしゃく - true merit/natural nobility
  • - てんしゅかく - castle tower/keep/donjon
  • - てんじょ - divine aid
  • - てんじょう - the heavens
  • - てんしょく - vocation/lifework/calling
  • - てんしんらんまん - naivete/simplicity/innocence
  • - てんせい - nature/natural constitution/innate disposition
  • - てんせい - naturally occurring/nature/disposition/vocation/calling
  • - てんねんかじゅう - natural fruit juice
  • - てんねんしげんほごろんしゃ - conservationist
  • - てんそ - the ancestral Sun Goddess
  • - てんそく - astronomical observation/shooting the sun
  • - てんたいしゃしんじゅつ - astrophotography
  • - てんたいぶんこうじゅつ - astronomical spectroscopy
  • - てんちしんめい - the gods of heaven and earth
  • - てんちむよう - this side up
  • - てんちょうせつ - Emperor's Birthday (national holiday held from 1868 to 1948)
  • - てんちょうてん - zenith
  • - てんてい - Lord/God/Creator/Heavenly King
  • - てんどう - heaven/paradise
  • - てんじつ | てんぴ - the sun/sunlight
  • く - てんばくうをいく - to advance unobstructed
  • - てんばつ - divine punishment/wrath of God/justice of heaven
  • - てんぷ - natural talent/natural gift/endowment
  • - てんもん - astronomy
  • - てんもんだい - astronomical observatory
  • - てっぺん - top/summit/apex/scalp
  • - てんまくせいぞうにん - tentmaker
  • - てんもう - heaven's vengeance/heaven's net
  • - てんらい - thunder
  • - てんろれきてい - Pilgrim's Progress
  • - てんぴん - natural talents
  • ぷら | | - てんぷら | テンプラ - tempura/deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
  • - わたりあほうどり | ワタリアホウドリ - wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans)
  • | - てんりゅうはちぶしゅう - the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
  • - てん | あめ | あま - sky | heaven | svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) | deva (divine being of Buddhism)
  • 使い - てんのつかい - angel
  • - てんい - imperial authority/imperial majesty
  • - てんいむほう - perfect beauty with no trace of artifice/flawless
  • - てんじょうとう - ceiling light
  • - てんじょうさじき - gallery
  • - てんおうせい | てんのうせい - Uranus (planet)
  • - てんかいち - unique thing/best on earth
  • - てんかむそう - peerless/unequaled/unequalled
  • - てんぴ - oven/(waffle) iron
  • - てんがいこどく - a person without a single relative
  • - てんがんきょう - magnifying glass
  • - てんき - weather/the elements | fair weather/fine weather
  • - てんきぐあい - weather conditions
  • - てんきもよう - weather conditions
  • - てんきゅうぎ - celestial globe
  • - てんきん - gilt top (book)
  • - てんくう - sky/air/ether/firmament
  • - あまのいわと - Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave
  • する - てんをまする - to soar high (building, etc.)
  • - てんい - providential/natural
  • - てんじょうさじき - gallery
  • - てんじょういた - ceiling boards
  • - あまぐも - clouds in the sky
  • - てんか - the world/whole country/descent from heaven/having one's own way/the public/the ruling power
  • れて - てんかはれて - right and proper/legal
  • - てんが - the Milky Way
  • - てんがい - beyond the heavens/farthest regions/furthest regions
  • - てんかん - Milky Way
  • - てんがん - emperor's countenance
  • - てんきや - moody person/temperamental person/fickle person
  • - てんきそうだんじょ | てんきそうだんしょ - weather bureau
  • - てんきゅう - rain from a cloudless sky
  • - てんぎょう - emperor's work
  • - てんぐかぜ - sudden gust
  • - てんぐん - heavenly hosts
  • - てんけい - Heaven's blessing/gift of nature/natural resources
  • - てんこう - queen of heaven
  • - てんのうすうはい - emperor worship
  • - てんのうへいか - His Majesty the Emperor
  • - てんさいじ - child prodigy
  • - てんさんぶつ - natural products
  • - てんし - nature/natural elements
  • - てんじくぼたん - dahlia
  • - てんしつ - natural talents
  • - てんしゅ - castle tower
  • - てんじゅ - natural gifts | Tenju era (of the Southern Court) (1375.5.27-1381.2.10)
  • - てんしょうぎ - planetarium
  • - てんじょう - heaven and earth
  • - てんしん - naivete
  • - てんすいおけ - rain barrel
  • れ | - あっぱれ - splendid/praiseworthy/well done!/bravo/admirable
  • に - てんねんに - naturally/spontaneously
  • - てんねんしげん - natural resources
  • - てんねんとう - smallpox/variola
  • - てんそく - natural law/rule of heaven
  • - てんたいがく - uranography
  • - てんたいぶつりがく - astro-physics/astrophysics
  • - てんちかいびゃく - creation of heaven and earth
  • - てんちばんぶつ - the whole creation/everything in heaven and earth
  • - てんちょう - emperor's knowledge
  • - てんちょうぎ - zenith telescope
  • - あまつみおや - imperial ancestor
  • - てんどうせつ - Ptolemaic theory
  • - てんとうさま - the sun/providence/god
  • - てんば - flying horse/Pegasus
  • - てんびんぼう - shoulder carrying pole
  • - てんぷ - Heavenly Father
  • - てんぶん - one's nature/talents/destiny/mission/sphere of activity
  • - てんもんがくしゃ - astronomer
  • - てんぺんちい - natural disaster/cataclysm
  • - てんまく - curtain/tent/pavilion
  • - てんめい - dawn/daybreak | Temmei era (1781.4.2-1789.1.25)
  • - てんらい - heavenly/divine/inspired/heaven sent
  • - てんりょう - imperial fief/shogunate control
  • - てんけん - natural defence/natural defense
  • - てんけん - divine punishment
  • - あめのした - the whole country/the public/the world/the ruling power/having one's own way
  • | | - あまのじゃく - perverse or cussed person/contrarian | antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore | demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
  • - てんい - divine will/providence
  • - てんじょう - ceiling/ceiling price
  • け - てんじょうぬけ - skyrocketing (prices)
  • - てんうん - destiny/will of Heaven/luck
  • - てんおん - blessings of heaven/favour of emperor/favor of emperor/divination's luckiest day/blessings of nature
  • - てんかいっぴん - best article under heaven/peerless
  • - てんかむひ - peerless/unequaled/unequalled
  • - てんか - snow
  • - てんがい - canopy/dome/priestly minstrel's reed hood
  • - てんがんつう - clairvoyance
  • - てんきうん - weather conditions
  • - てんきず - weather map
  • - てんきよほう - weather forecast/weather report
  • | | - かみきりむし - long-horned beetle
  • - てんぐ - long-nosed goblin/braggart
  • | - てんくうかいかつ - the open sky and the serene sea/as open as the sky and serene as the sea/magnanimous
  • - てんけい - (divine) revelation/divine oracle
  • - てんこう - weather
  • - てんのうき - Imperial Standard
  • - てんのうはい - Emperor's trophy
  • - てんさい - genius/prodigy/natural gift
  • - てんさん - natural products
  • - てんし - the emperor
  • - てんじく - India
  • - てんじく - celestial axis
  • - てんしゅきょう - (Roman) Catholicism
  • 寿 - てんじゅ - natural span of life
  • - てんしょう - weather/astronomical phenomena
  • - てんじょうがわ - river raised above the surrounding land
  • - てんしん - zenith/divine will/providence
  • - てんすい - rain water
  • - てんせいのび - natural beauty
  • - てんねん - nature/spontaneity | natural airhead
  • - てんねんこう - natural harbor/natural harbour
  • - てんねんしょくしゃしん - color photo/colour photo
  • - てんぐさ - any red algae in the family Gelidiaceae (esp. Gelidium crinale)
  • - てんたい - heavenly body
  • - てんたいすうはい - star worship/astrolatry
  • - てんだい - Buddhist sect (fr. 8th C)
  • - てんちそうぞう - creation
  • - てんちょう - imperial court
  • - てんちょう - zenith/vertex
  • - あまつみこ - emperor
  • - てんてき - natural enemy
  • | - てんとうむし | テントウムシ - ladybug/ladybird
  • - てんぴほう - solar-evaporation process (in salt making)
  • | てんびん - てんびんざ - (constellation) Libra/the Scales
  • - てんぷ - fertile land/deep scholarship
  • - てんぷく - heavenly blessing | Tempuku era (1233.4.15-1234.11.5)
  • - てんもんがく - astronomy
  • - てんぺい - the Imperial Army/heaven-send army
  • - てんま - demon/evil spirit
  • - てんめい - God's will/karma/destiny/Heaven's decree/one's life
  • - てんよ - godsend/heaven's gift
  • - てんり - natural laws/rule of heaven
  • - てんどん - tempura served over a bowl of rice
  • - てんちゅう - heaven's (well-deserved) punishment
  • - てんけいびょう - Hansen's disease/leprosy
  • - てんけん - natural defences/natural defenses/steep place
  • - てんのうけ - the Imperial Family
  • - てんのうたんじょうび - Emperor's Birthday Holiday (Dec 23rd) (Emperor Shouwa's was April 29th)
  • - てんごく - paradise/heaven/Kingdom of Heaven
  • - てんさい - horizon
  • 使 - てんし - angel
  • - てんし - heavenly gift/imperial gift
  • - てんじくろうにん - wandering lordless samurai
  • - てんしゅ - Lord of Heaven/God
  • | てんてこ | てんてこい | い - てんてこまい - whirl of busyness/humming with activity/bustling activity
  • - てんにょ - heavenly nymph/celestial maiden
  • - てんじょうかい - celestial world/heaven
  • - てんしょく - weather/sky colour/sky color
  • - てんしんひげ - goatee/drooping moustache
  • - てんせい - (product of) nature/born (musician)
  • - てんせい - heavenly voice
  • - てんねんきねんぶつ - natural monument | protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)
  • - てんねんしょく - natural colour/natural color/technicolor
  • - てんまど - skylight
  • - てんそん - descendant of a god/heavenly grandson
  • - てんたいず - star map
  • - てんたいりきがく - celestial mechanics
  • - てんちじん - heaven and earth and man
  • - てんちゅう - pillars supporting heaven
  • - てんちょうちきゅう - coeval with heaven and earth
  • - あまつおとめ - celestial maiden
  • - てんてい - nadir
  • - てんどう - cherub/gods disguised as children/children parading as cherubs
  • - てんじつがわら - sun-dried brick/adobe
  • にかける | ける - てんびんにかける - to compare and contrast two alternatives/to weigh the relative merits of A and B/to weigh one's options | to try to have it both ways/to try to sit on two stools
  • 覿 - てんばつてきめん - the certainty of divine punishment/Swift is Heaven's vengeance
  • - てんぷじんけん - natural rights of man
  • - てんもんか - astronomer
  • - てんぶん - emperor's knowledge
  • に - てっぺんに - high up in the sky
  • り - てんまくづくり - tentmaker
  • - てんゆうしんじょ - divine grace/God's help
  • - てんらん - imperial inspection
  • - てんろうせい - the Dog Star/Sirius
  • - てんらい - sound of wind | beautiful poetry
  • してる | - あいしてる - I love you
  • - てんなんしょう | テンナンショウ - jack-in-the-pulpit/cobra lily (plant of genus Arisaema)
  • く - どはつてんをつく - to boil with rage/to be infuriated
  • - とうてん - the eastern sky
  • - どうてん - heaven-shaking event
  • - どんてん - dull (cloudy) weather
  • - とうてんこう - (birds) crowing or warbling in the morning
  • - べにてんぐたけ | ベニテングタケ - Amanita muscaria/fly agaric/fly mushroom
  • - てんきじょうほう - weather information/weather report
  • - ぜんてんこうがた - all weather (model)
  • - のうてん - crown of head
  • - にんてんどう - Nintendo (video game company)
  • - てんぽうれき - Japan's last lunisolar calendar (in use from 1844 to 1872)
  • - はてんこう - unheard-of/unprecedented
  • - てんぽうねんかん - Tempou era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
  • - はんてん - half the sky/mid-air
  • - らくてんち - paradise
  • - ふぐたいてん - cannot allow (oneself) to live (with someone) under the canopy of heaven/cannot allow (the sworn enemy) to live in this world/irreconcilable (enemy)
  • - てんかのだいどころ - The Nonpareil Kitchen/The Kitchen of the Nation (nickname for Osaka)
  • ける | にかける - りょうてんびんにかける - to try to have it both ways/to try to sit on two stools
  • - じょけいてんのう - matrilineal emperor of Japan/emperor (either male or female) whose mother is (was) a member of the Imperial family but whose father is (was) not
  • - とりてん - chicken tempura (specialty of Oita prefecture)
  • ける | をかける - りょうてんびんをかける - to try to have it both ways/to try to sit on two stools
  • - じょせいてんのう - female emperor of Japan (historical or postulated)
  • | | | - べんざいてん | べざいてん - Saraswati (god of wealth, music, eloquence and water)
  • - きてん - death of a Christian (in Catholicism)
  • - しょうてん - death (of a Christian)
  • - べってんち - another world
  • - まてんろう - skyscraper
  • - てんさいてき - ingenius
  • - ばんてん - the whole world
  • - ほくてん - northern sky
  • - まりしてん - Marici (Buddhist god of war)
  • く - いきてんをつく - to be in high spirits
  • キャラ - てんねんキャラ - natural airhead/person prone to making silly mistakes
  • される - てんにめされる - to die/to ascend to heaven
  • - またたび | マタタビ - silver vine (Actinidia polygama) (attracts cats, hence sometimes called catnip)
  • - かんてんきち - great joy/jubilation/exultation
  • りもの | - かねはてんかのまわりもの - money comes and goes/money goes around and around
  • - てんぽうのだいききん - Great Tempo Famine
  • | - うちょうてん - ecstasy
  • - てんじょうが - decorative ceiling painting
  • - てんあんもんじけん - Tiananmen Square Incident/Tiananmen Square Massacre
  • - てんさいときょうじんはかみひとえ - there's but a fine line between genius and insanity
  • - りょうてんびん - two alternatives
  • - てんぴょうほうじ - Tempyou-houji era (757.8.18-765.1.7)
  • - てんおう - Ten'ou era (781.1.1-782.8.19)
  • - てんあん - Ten'an era (857.2.21-859.4.15)
  • - てんぎょう - Tengyou era (938.5.22-947.4.22)
  • - てんよう - Ten'you era (1144.2.23-1145.7.22)
  • - てんぽう - Tempou era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
  • - とそつてん - Tusita Heaven
  • - ろてんぶろ - open air bath/rotemburo
  • - てんぴょう | てんびょう | てんへい - Tempyou era (729.8.5-749.4.14)/Tembyou era/Tenhei era
  • - てんぴょうじんご - Tempyou-jingo era (765.1.7-767.8.16)
  • - てんりゃく - Tenryaku era (947.4.22-957.10.27)
  • - てんげん - central black dot on a go board | Tengen era (978.11.29-983.4.15)
  • - てんにん - Tennin era (1108.8.3-1110.7.13)
  • - てんじ - Tenji era (1124.4.3-1126.1.22)
  • - てんえい - Ten'ei era (1110.7.13-1113.7.13)
  • - てんぶん - Tembun era (1532.7.29-1555.10.23)
  • - てんしょう - Tenshou era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
  • - てんな - Tenna era (1681.9.29-1684.2.21)
  • - てんけい - Tenkei era, Tengyou era (938.5.22-947.4.22)
  • - てんわ - Tenwa era, Tenna era (1681.9.29-1684.2.21)
  • - ろてん - open air
  • - ぼんてんおう - Brahma/the Creator
  • くしてつ - じんじをつくしててんめいをまつ - Man proposes, God disposes (proverb) (lit: Man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven or fate)
  • - てんぴょうしょうほう - Tempyou-shouhou era (749.7.2-757.8.18)
  • - てんちょう - Tenchou era (824.1.5-834.1.3)
  • - てんえん - Ten'en era (973.12.20-976.7.13)
  • - てんしょう - Tenshou era (1131.129-1132.8.11)
  • - かかあでんか - extremely overbearing wife
  • - きっしょうてん | きちじょうてん - Sri-mahadevi (consort of Vaisravana in Buddhism, based on Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu in Hinduism)
  • | - あほうどり | しんてんおう | アホウドリ - albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)
  • - てんたいかく - nuclear astrophysics
  • - こくりつてんもんだい - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
  • - いだてん - Wei-To (temple guardian sometimes confused with Vajrapani)
  • | - ひとりてんか | ひとりでんか - being the sole master of the situation/reigning supreme/standing unchallenged
  • | | - あまてらすおおみかみ | てんしょうこうだいじん - Sun Goddess/Amaterasu Oomikami
  • - てんじん | てんにん - nature and man/God and man/celestial being/celestial maiden
  • - てんじつえん | てんぴしお - sun-dried salt
  • - てんぴょうかんぽう | てんびょうかんぽう - Tempyou-kampou era (749.4.14-749.7.2)/Tembyou-kampou era
  • - てんとく - Tentoku era (957.10.27-961.2.16)
  • - てんろく - Tenroku era (970.3.25-973.12.20)
  • - てんぎ - Tengi era (1053.1.11-1058.8.29)
  • | - あまのがわ | あまのかわ - Milky Way
  • | - あまつかみ - heavenly gods
  • - てんち | あめつち - heaven and earth/the universe/nature/top and bottom/realm/sphere/world | top and bottom | gods of heaven and earth
  • - てんのう | すめらぎ | すめろぎ - Emperor of Japan
  • - てんしんちぎ | てんじんちぎ - gods of heaven and earth
  • | - てんとう | てんどう | あまじ - the sun | god of heaven and the earth | laws governing the heavens | celestial path/celestial motion | deva realm (svarga) | path in the heavens
  • | - あまつひつぎ - imperial throne
  • - あまがした | あめがした - the whole country/the public/the world/the ruling power/having one's own way
  • - てんじん | てんしん - heavenly gods | spirit of Sugawara no Michizane | Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit)
  • - てんねんがらす | てんねんしょうし - natural glass
  • る | る - あまくだる - to descend from heaven
  • | | | - がりょうてんせい | がりゅうてんせい - finishing touch/completing (something) by executing the final, critical step
  • | - てんきゅうず - horoscope
  • | き - てんびき - lending money and taking advance interest/deduction
  • | | びん - てんびん - (balance) scales | shoulder carrying pole | steelyard
  • | - てんかふん - talcum powder
  • | - てんぱい - emperor's gift cup
  • | - てんゆう - divine aid/divine grace/providential help
  • - なんてん | ナンテン - the southern sky | heavenly bamboo/nandina/Nandina domestica
  • | - ひばり | こくてんし | こうてんし - skylark (Alauda arvensis) | Mongolian lark (Melanocorypha mongolica)
  • | | - てにをは - postpositions/particles
  • | し - てんとうぼし - sun-dried
  • | - てんぺん - natural calamity/striking phenomena in heaven and earth
  • - てんさいはだ - genius
  • - べんてん - Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
  • - てんめん - upper surface/top side
  • - ほこうしゃてんごく - pedestrian mall (lit: pedestrian paradise)/car-free mall
  • - てんがいひりん - a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment/feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood
  • - てんかとういつ - unification of the whole country
  • - てんしんりゅうろ - manifestation (revelation) of one's natural sincerity (naivete)
  • - てんちげんこう - Heaven is black and earth is yellow/heaven and earth
  • - てんらんじあい - game held with the Emperor in attendance
  • - ふぎょうてんち - looking up and down, from heaven to earth (having nothing to be ashamed of)/swearing by Heaven and Earth (having done nothing to be ashamed of)
  • 使 - だてんし - fallen angel/demon
  • - ごうてんじょう - coffered ceiling
  • - ひゃくにちてんか - The Hundred Days (of Napoleon I)/very short-lived regime
  • - てんがいばんり - very far away/the heavenly shores
  • - てんかたじ - eventful times for the nation (world)/the nation (world) being in turmoil/the storm clouds gathering in the land
  • - てんきしだい - being dependent on what the weather is like
  • - てんこうふじゅん - unseasonable weather/fickle weather/bad weather
  • - てんじんちぎ - the gods of heaven and earth
  • - てんちかいめい - The world is covered in darkness/All is plunged into darkness
  • - てんてきかんけい - relationship of being natural enemies
  • - てんがいちかく - two places being far apart
  • - てんかだいいち - the best in the land/the best of its kind in the country/par excellence in the whole country
  • - てんかむるい - peerless (unparalleled, matchless, unequaled) in the country
  • - てんちうじょう - the sentient world/all sentiment beings
  • - てんちめいどう - rumbling and shaking of the earth
  • - てんりにんじょう - the laws of nature and humanity
  • - きんじょうてんのう - the present Emperor
  • - こうてん - fine weather
  • - ぞうちょうてんぐ - braggart/boaster/self-conceited person
  • - てんかこっか - the world and the nation/the state of the world/high affairs of state
  • - てんかばんみん - the whole nation/all the people in the land
  • - てんじょうてんげ - the whole world/throughout heaven and earth
  • - てんそんこうりん - the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess
  • - てんちちょうきゅう - Heaven and earth are eternal
  • - てんりじんどう - the laws of nature and humanity
  • - にょうぼうてんか - husband being henpecked/house where the wife is the boss/petticoat government
  • り - ろてんぼり - open-cut or open-air (strip) mining
  • - けいてんあいじん - "Revere heaven, love people." (favorite motto of Saigo Takamori, 1827-1877)
  • - きっきょうぎょうてん | びっくりぎょうてん - astonished/stunned/startled out of one's wits/thunderstruck/open-eyed astonishment
  • - せいてん - blue sky
  • - かんてんじう - welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought/realization of something eagerly looked for/a welcome relief
  • - しょうてん - (being in) high spirits
  • け | ぼけ | ボケ - てんねんボケ | てんねんぼけ - natural airhead/person prone to making silly mistakes
  • | - ところてん - agar-agar (usu. made from red algae in the family Gelidiaceae, esp. Gelidium crinale) | prostate orgasm
  • け - てんのたすけ - godsend/gift from providence
  • - うてんえんき - postponed because of rain
  • | - ひとりてんぐ - self-conceited person/ego-tripper/swelled head
  • - てんかしゅうち - common knowledge/widely known/known to everybody
  • - どはつしょうてん - being in a towering rage/boiling with rage
  • | ノー | | - のうてんき | ノーてんき - optimistic/thoughtless/insolent
  • - うてんちゅうし - cancelled because of rain/wash out
  • - てんかごめん - licensed/chartered/officially allowed
  • - そうてん - blue (azure) sky
  • | - かいてん - changing the world/turning the tide | torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII)
  • | - おてんとさま - the sun
  • 々 | - てんもうかいかい - heaven's vengeance is slow but sure/heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through
  • - うちょうてんがい - beside oneself with joy/in raptures/in an ecstasy of delight
  • - こうてん - a posteriori/posteriority
  • - うんぷてんぷ - trusting to chance/having a go at something
  • - てんのうしはい - Emperor's Cup/trophy given to sumo tournament winners
  • - こうてんせい - acquired/a posteriori
  • - かんてんじう - welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought/realization of something eagerly looked for/a welcome relief
  • - てんさいちへん - natural disaster
  • - てんかむてき - peerless/unequalled/unequaled
  • - しゅうてん - the full scope of the heavens/360 degrees/one full revolution of the earth | twelve years/one full cycle of the Chinese calendar
  • き - うてんつづき - long spell of rainy weather
  • - くみてんじょう - a lattice ceiling
  • - にんげんぎょらいかいてん - kaiten/human torpedo in WW2
  • 使 - だいてんし - archangel
  • | - てんかたいへい - peaceful and tranquil (uneventful)/peace reigns over the land/halcyon times of peace
  • - てんらんずもう - sumo wrestling performed in imperial presence
  • - てんていせい - Polaris/north star
  • - のてん - in the open/the open air
  • | - ななほしてんとう | ナナホシテントウ - seven-spot ladybird/seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
  • - のてんぶろ - open-air bath
  • - やぼてん - boorishness/coarseness/stupidity
  • - しょうてんち - a small world
  • 彿 | - すいてんほうふつ - view in the distant offing where the sea and skyline cannot be distinguished
  • - ざいてん - in heaven/heavenly
  • ガス - えきかてんねんガス - liquefied natural gas/LNG
  • - こうてんせいめんえきふぜんしょうこうぐん - acquired immune deficiency syndrome/AIDS
  • - せんてんてきしょうがい - birth defect
  • ガス - てんねんガス - natural gas
  • - せいてんらんきりゅう - clear-air turbulence
  • - どはつてん - furious/infuriated
  • - いきしょうてん - in high spirits
  • - かがくてんびん - chemical balance
  • - してんのう - the Four Devas/the big four
  • | - つりてんじょう - suspended ceiling
  • - でんぱてんもんがく - radio astronomy
  • - せんてん - inherent/innate
  • - いちてんもんがく - position astronomy
  • ニュートリノ - ニュートリノてんもんがく - neutrino astronomy
  • - ろてんしょう - stallholder
  • - きてれつ | キテレツ - very strange/odd/queer
  • - かんてんばいち - nutrient agar
  • - だいこくてん - Mahakala (incarnation of Mahesvara) | Daikokuten (god of wealth)
  • レーダー - レーダーてんもんがく - radar astronomy
  • - たかまがはら - the heavens
  • - まんてん - the whole sky
  • - こうそうてんきず - upper-level weather chart
  • - まんてんか - all over the world
  • - めいじてんのう - Emperor Meiji
  • - そくてんきょし - selfless devotion to justice
  • り - てんかとり - rule over the whole country
  • - てんもくざん - line between victory and defeat
  • - てんたいぼうえんきょう - astronomical telescope
  • - てんのうきかんせつ - theory of the Emperor as an organ of government
  • - てんじょうむきゅう - as eternal as heaven and earth
  • - こうてんき - fine weather
  • - てんじょうね - ceiling price
  • - てんきがいきょう - general weather conditions
  • - てんたいかんそく - astronomical observation
  • - てんぶくろ - storage space above closet
  • - てんもんがくてき - astronomical
  • - あまのはごろも - angel's feathered robe
  • - てんぐたけ - death cup (mushroom)/amanita
  • - てんりきょう - the Tenri sect
  • - てんもんこうほう - celestial navigation
  • - てんたいしゃしん - photograph of an astral body
  • - てんじくあおい - geranium
  • - てんちょうきょり - the zenith distance
  • - しゅうかんてんきよほう - weather forecast for coming week
  • - しんてんどうち - earth-shaking
  • - そうてん - early morning/dawn
  • | - からすてんぐ - crow-billed goblin
  • - びしゃもんてん - Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)
  • ける | る - あまがける | あまかける - to soar
  • にしてらさず - てんもうかいかいそにしてもらさず - Heaven's net has large meshes, but nothing escapes
  • - いだてん - Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity) | great runner
  • せる - うんをてんにまかせる - to leave to chance/to resign oneself to one's fate
  • - えてんらく - Etenraku (Japanese court music composition)
  • まらない - さだまらないてんき - changeable weather
  • - こうてん - providence/heaven
  • - てんじょうせん - ceiling fan
  • - ぼんてん - Brahma-Deva
  • - てんよのし - natural endowment/natural ability
  • - てんかのけい - superlative view
  • き - せいてんつづき - spell of fine weather
  • る - てんけんによる - to hold a mountain fortress
  • つゆ - てんつゆ - sauce for tempura
  • - てんのいっかく - point of heaven/corner of the sky
  • からりる - てんからおりる - to fall from heaven (the sky)
  • - てんじゅう - box lunch with tempura
  • る - てんちをつくる - to create the heavens and the earth
  • - てんねんえん - natural salt
  • - よいてんき - fine (fair) weather
  • - てんかのしょう - beautiful scenery
  • れ - てんきのくずれ - break (change for the worse) in the weather
  • - てんしのざ - throne
  • - てんだいしゅう - Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
  • - てんとち - heaven and earth/top and bottom