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天罰覿面

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 天罰覿面.

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Entry

天罰覿面天罰てきめんんばつてきめんNoun四字熟語Freq #122240
1

the certainty of divine punishment; Swift is Heaven's vengeance

Examples
天網恢恢疎にして漏らさずの言葉通り、天罰覿面だ。
They say fate will catch up with you. That was God's way of punishing him.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

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

penalty, punishment

14 strokesFrequency 1,220JLPT N1Grade 8

On

バツバチハツ

Kun

ばっ.する
覿

meet, see

22 strokes

On

テキ

Kun

あ.う

mask, face, features, surface

9 strokesFrequency 186JLPT N2Grade 3

On

メンベン

Kun

おもおもてつら

Nanori

ずらほおつき

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