天眼通

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1
がん
Grade: 5
つう
Grade: 2
kan’on goon
Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1
げん
Grade: 5
つう
Grade: 2
goon

Etymology[edit]

From 天眼(てんげん) (tengen, heavenly eye) + (つう) (tsū, power).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) んげんつう [tèńgéꜜǹtsùù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞ŋɡẽ̞nt͡sɨᵝː]

Noun[edit]

(てん)(げん)(つう) or (てん)(がん)(つう) (tengentsū or tengantsū

  1. (Buddhism) clairvoyance, one of the 六神通 (rokujinzū, six abhijñā (higher power))

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN