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Abbreviation; Food, cooking

tempura donburi; tempura served over a bowl of rice

Colloquial

(in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line

child prodigy

(person) seeming like a genius; (having) the temperament of a prodigy

natural (e.g. talent); innate; inborn; inherent

unique thing; best on earth

Buddhism

deva and naga

heavenly dragon

Medicine

hereditary; congenital

Formal or literary term

blue sky; azure sky

Formal or literary term

spring sky

Formal or literary term

God; the Creator

heaven; paradise

smallpox; variola

Heaven's blessing; gift of nature; natural resources

cherub; gods disguised as children; children parading as cherubs

destiny; will of Heaven; luck

furious; infuriated

divine will; providence

dawn; daybreak

Historical term

Tenmei era (1781.4.2-1789.1.25)

southern sky

Word usually written using kana alone

heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina

Lord of Heaven; God

natural product; product of nature

blazing heat; scorching sun

ceiling boards

Go (game)

tengen; central black dot on a go board; center of the board

Tengen era (978.11.29-983.4.15)

Go (game)

Tengen (professional title)

retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation

command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; imposition

Orig. meaning

descent from heaven

traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets

livery coat

半天 only

half the sky

半天 only

mid-air; middle of the sky