てんじん
Meanings
Noun
1. heavenly god; heavenly gods
also pronounced てんしん
2. spirit of Sugawara no Michizane
3. Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit)
4. pit of a dried plum; dried plum
5. tenjin hairstyle
6. prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
7. tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen)
Kanji used
heaven
god
Pitch accent
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Composed of
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
gods of heaven and earth
goatee; drooping moustache
don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); (lit.) if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep
seven generations of celestial deities