Word Meaning 天国

てんごく tengoku

天国 is read as てんごく (tengoku) and means paradise.

Meaning

English

  1. paradise
  2. heaven
  3. Kingdom of Heaven

Reading

Kana

てんごく

Romaji

tengoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 地獄 Rank 5431 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

天国から地獄

てんごくからじごく

(going straight) from heaven to hell

歩行者天国

ほこうしゃてんごく

pedestrian mall

修身斉家治国平天下

しゅうしんせいかちこくへいてんか

those who wish to rule the land must first cultivate their own characters, then manage their families, then govern their states; only then can they bring peace to the land

中国国家航天局

ちゅうごくこっかこうてんきょく

China National Space Administration

四天王寺国際仏教大学

してんのうじこくさいぶっきょうだいがく

Shitennōji International Buddhist University

国際天文学連合

こくさいてんもんがくれんごう

International Astronomical Union: IAU

天下

てんが

shogun (Edo period)

天気

てんき

weather

てん

God

天ぷら

てんぷら

tempura

天下り

あまくだり

descent from heaven

天女

てんにょ

beautiful and kind woman

Example Sentences

10

Do you want to go to heaven with me?

If you win you'll be in heaven, if you lose it's certain death.

Do heaven and hell actually exist?

How can I get to heaven?

I won't see him again until we meet in heaven.

Lord Jesus Christ in heaven, please protect me.

Here in Heaven, you will all live happily and without any struggles.

To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.

Marriage, in peace, is this world's paradise; in strife, this life's purgatory.

Those whose sins are forgiven are deemed to be sinless that they may find the way to heaven.