天上天下

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	上	天	下
てん Grade: 1	じょう Grade: 1	てん Grade: 1	げ Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

Literary Chinese 天上天下

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てんじょーてんげ [tèńjóó téꜜǹgè] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː tẽ̞ŋɡe̞]

Phrase

天(てん)上(じょう)天(てん)下(げ) • (tenjō tenge) ^{←てんじやうてんげ (tenzyau tenge)^?}

(literal) above heaven and under heaven
(figurative) the whole world or universe

See also

天(てん)上(じょう) (tenjō)
天(てん)下(げ) (tenge)
天(てん)上(じょう)天(てん)下(げ)唯(ゆい)我(が)独(どく)尊(そん) (tenjō tenge yui ga dokuson)
上(じょう)天(てん) (jōten)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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