Word Meaning 天下

てんか tenka

天下 is read as てんか (tenka) and means shogun (Edo period).

Meaning

English

  1. shogun (Edo period)
  2. the whole country
  3. the whole world
  4. having one's own way
  5. doing as one pleases
  6. society
  7. the public
  8. supremacy over a nation

Reading

Kana

てんか

Romaji

tenka

Writing Variants

  • 天下 てんが tenga
  • 天下 てんげ tenge

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 7 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Antonyms 天上 Rank 87 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

天皇陛下

てんのうへいか

His Majesty the Emperor

天下り

あまくだり

descent from heaven

天下一品

てんかいっぴん

best article under heaven

天下第一

てんかだいいち

the best in the land

天下統一

てんかとういつ

unification of the whole country

天下無比

てんかむひ

peerless

天下周知

てんかしゅうち

common knowledge

天下無敵

てんかむてき

peerless

天下泰平

てんかたいへい

peace and tranquillity

天下無類

てんかむるい

peerless (unparalleled, matchless, unequaled) in the country

天下取り

てんかとり

rule over the whole country

天下万民

てんかばんみん

the whole nation

Example Sentences

7

Throughout Heaven and Earth, I alone am the honored one.

This is the best thing on earth.

Money comes and goes.

My wife wears the pants in our house.

They got off the bus and walked two kilometres in the hot sun.

Japanese bureaucrats are nothing but traitors to the country who covet our tax money and will continue the practice of amakudari until the country is bankrupt.

The brioche is like the bastard child of sponge cake and bread, but its taste is peerless.