天変地異

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天 変 地 異
てん
Grade: 1		 へん > ぺん
Grade: 4		 ち
Grade: 2		 い
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Noun

天変地異 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 天變地異, hiragana てんぺんちい, rōmaji tenpenchii)

  1. (idiomatic) an extraordinary natural occurrence: a catastrophe, a calamity
    天 (てん)変 (ぺん)地 (ち)異 (い)が起 (お)きた。
    Tenpenchī ga okita.
    An earth-shattering incident occurred.

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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