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JLPT N4
Grade 1

Meanings

heavens
sky
imperial

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
テン
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
あまつ
あめ
あま-
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
あき
あも
たかし
なま

Common Words

Noun
Freq #1616
1

sky

Examples
彼はを仰いだ。
He looked up at the sky.
2

Christianity

heaven

Examples
縁組はでなされる。
Marriage is made in heaven.
3

God

4

Buddhism

svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth)

5

Buddhism

deva (divine being of Buddhism)

6

top (of a book)

7

sole (of a Japanese sandal)

8

beginning; start

9

Abbreviation

tempura

10

Abbreviation; Obsolete term

India

んじょう
Noun
Freq #1706
1

ceiling

Examples
ハエは天井を歩くことができる。
A fly can walk on the ceiling.
2

ceiling price; (price) ceiling

んし
Noun
~の Adj.
Freq #3210
1

angel

Examples
黒い天使は、その漆黒の翼を大きく広げて、空へと舞い上がる。
The black angel spread those jet-black wings wide and flew up into the sky.
んさい
Noun
Freq #3239
1

genius; prodigy; natural gift

Examples
私たちは彼を天才だと思った。
We thought of him as a genius.
んき
Noun
Freq #4830
1

weather

Examples
彼は天気のよい日を利用して壁を塗った。
He took advantage of the fine weather to paint the wall.
2

fair weather; fine weather

Examples
今日が天気ならいいのに。
I wish it were fine today.
んごく
てんこく
Noun
Freq #5351
1

paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

Examples
結婚生活は夫婦仲が良ければ天国であり、夫婦仲が悪ければこの世の地獄である。
Marriage, in peace, is this world's paradise; in strife, this life's purgatory.
んねん
Noun
~の Adj.
Freq #6003
1

nature; spontaneity

Examples
この車は天然ガスで動く。
This car runs on natural gas.
2

Abbreviation; Colloquial

natural airhead

んか
んが
てんげ
Freq #6271
1

Common noun

the whole world

Examples
日本は天下第一の国である。
Japan is the best country under the sun.
2

Common noun

the whole country

3

Common noun

society; the public

4

Common noun

supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power

5

Common noun

having one's own way; doing as one pleases

6

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous

7

Archaic; Common noun

shogun (Edo period)

天辺
頂辺
へん
っぺい (天辺)
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #9583
1

top; summit; apex; peak

Examples
私たちは大阪タワーのてっぺんに上がった。
We got to the top of Osaka Tower.
2

てっぺん only; Slang; Often in てっぺんを回る or てっぺん回る

twelve o'clock (usu. midnight)

3

Esp. 頂辺 when in kanji

top of one's head; top of a helmet; (top of) scalp; crown

んち
めつち
Noun
Freq #10364
1

heaven and earth; the universe; the world; nature

2

てんち only

land; world; realm; sphere

3

てんち only

top and bottom

4

あめつち only

gods of heaven and earth

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