JLPT N1 · Noun

天体 (tentai)

天体 (てんたい, tentai) is a Japanese noun meaning “heavenly body; celestial body”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: てんたい
Romaji: tentai
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object · noun

Example sentences

地球以外の天体に生物はいますか。

Is there life on other worlds?

Tatoeba #126939

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 天体

天

heavens, sky, imperialテン・あまつ・あめ · 4 strokes

体

body, substance, objectタイ・テイ・からだ・かたち · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 天体.

天気てんきweather天気予報てんきよほうweather forecast天候てんこうweather天然てんねんnature天皇てんのうEmperor of Japan天てんsky雨天うてんrainy weather天国てんごくparadise天才てんさいgenius天災てんさいnatural disaster天地てんちheaven and earth晴天せいてんfine weather (i.e. little or no clouds)天下てんかthe whole world先天的せんてんてきinborn

Source: JMdict entry 1439740 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.