てん
Meanings
Noun
1. heaven and earth; the universe; nature; top and bottom; realm; sphere; world
2. top and bottom
when read as "てんち"
3. gods of heaven and earth
when read as "あめつち"
Kanji used
heaven
ground
Pitch accent
んち
Top 10400
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)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
Used in vocabulary (18 in total)
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
creation (of the universe); the Creation
the gods of heaven and earth
creation of heaven and earth
the whole creation; everything in heaven and earth
do not turn upside down
heaven, earth and man
Heaven is black and earth is yellow; heaven and earth
rumbling and shaking of the earth
looking up and down, from heaven to earth (having nothing to be ashamed of); swearing by Heaven and Earth (having done nothing to be ashamed of)
the sentient world; all sentient beings
another world; enchanted land; joy from drinking and forgetting about the workaday world
another world; enchanted land; joy from drinking and forgetting about the workaday world
The world is covered in darkness; All is plunged into darkness
Heaven and earth are eternal
extreme difference; worlds apart