Meanings
Readings
Common Words
sky
Christianity
heaven
God
Buddhism
svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth)
Buddhism
deva (divine being of Buddhism)
top (of a book)
sole (of a Japanese sandal)
beginning; start
Abbreviation
tempura
Abbreviation; Obsolete term
India
ceiling
ceiling price; (price) ceiling
angel
genius; prodigy; natural gift
weather
fair weather; fine weather
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
nature; spontaneity
Abbreviation; Colloquial
natural airhead
Common noun
the whole world
Common noun
the whole country
Common noun
society; the public
Common noun
supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power
Common noun
having one's own way; doing as one pleases
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous
Archaic; Common noun
shogun (Edo period)
top; summit; apex; peak
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)
Esp. 頂辺 when in kanji
top of one's head; top of a helmet; (top of) scalp; crown
heaven and earth; the universe; the world; nature
てんち only
land; world; realm; sphere
てんち only
top and bottom
あめつち only
gods of heaven and earth
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