Word Meaning 天を仰ぎて唾す

てんをあおぎてつばきす ten o aogitetsubakisu

天を仰ぎて唾す is read as てんをあおぎてつばきす (ten o aogitetsubakisu) and means to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else.

Meaning

English

  1. to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else
  2. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
  3. to look up at the sky and spit

Reading

Kana

てんをあおぎてつばきす

Romaji

ten o aogitetsubakisu

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Rank 156021 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

天に唾する

てんにつばする

to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else

天に向かって唾を吐く

てんにむかってつばきをはく

to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else

仰天

ぎょうてん

being amazed

俯仰天地

ふぎょうてんち

looking up and down, from heaven to earth (having nothing to be ashamed of)

吃驚仰天

びっくりぎょうてん

astonished

天下

てんが

shogun (Edo period)

天の河

あまのがわ

Milky Way

天辺

てへん

twelve o'clock (usu. midnight)

天井

てんじょう

ceiling

天皇

てんのう

Emperor of Japan

天然

てんねん

natural airhead

天候

てんこう

weather