天変地異
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | |||
| 天 | 変 | 地 | 異 |
Etymology [edit]
Compound of 天変 (tenpen, “a change or abnormality in the heavens”) + 地異 (chii, “a bad change in or on the earth”).[1]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
天変地異 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 天變地異, hiragana てんぺんちい, romaji tenpen chii)
- (idiomatic) an extraordinary natural occurrence: a catastrophe, a calamity
- 天変地異が起きた。
- てんぺんちいがおきた。
Tenpen chii ga okita. - An earth-shattering incident occurred.
- てんぺんちいがおきた。
- 天変地異が起きた。
References [edit]
- ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
Mandarin [edit]
| simpl. | 天変地異 | |
|---|---|---|
| trad. | 天變地異 | |
Noun [edit]
天変地異 (simplified, Pinyin tiānbiàndìyì, traditional 天變地異)
- catastrophe, calamity; a natural disaster