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JLPT N1 · Noun

天 (ten)

天 (てん, ten) is a Japanese noun meaning “sky”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
てん
Romaji
ten
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. sky · noun
  2. heaven · noun
  3. God · noun
  4. svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) · noun
  5. deva (divine being of Buddhism) · noun

Example sentences

彼は天を仰いだ。
He looked up at the sky.
Tatoeba #101942
縁組は天でなされる。
Marriage is made in heaven.
Tatoeba #188715

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

Kanji in 天

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 天.

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天体てんたいheavenly body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 1438210 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.