天啓

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1
けい
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(てん)(けい) (tenkeiてんけい (tenkei)?

  1. divine revelation
  2. (by extension, informal) unexpected genius thought
    天啓(てんけい)()りる
    tenkei ga oriru
    to have a flash of brilliance
    (literally, “a revelation comes down”)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN