Word details

四天王

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 四天王.

Dictionary

Entry

四天王てんのNounFreq #17553
1

Buddhism

the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana)

2

the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)

Examples
四天王も倒した、クソ長い地下迷宮もクリアした。
I'd defeated the four sub-bosses and got through the damn long underground labyrinth.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

four

5 strokesFrequency 47JLPT N4Grade 1

On

Kun

よ.つよっ.つよん

Nanori

よつ

heavens, sky, imperial

4 strokesFrequency 512JLPT N4Grade 1

On

テン

Kun

あまつあめあま-

Nanori

あきあもたかしなま

king, rule, magnate

4 strokesFrequency 684JLPT N2Grade 1

On

オウ-ノウ

Nanori

おおおおきみ

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