Word Meaning 天涯

てんがい tengai

天涯 is read as てんがい (tengai) and means horizon.

Meaning

English

horizon
distant land
skyline
heavenly shores
remote region

Reading

Kana

てんがい

Romaji

tengai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 122623 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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天涯地角

てんがいちかく

two places being far apart

天涯比隣

てんがいひりん

a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment

天涯万里

てんがいばんり

very far away

天涯孤独

てんがいこどく

a person without a single relative

天井

てんじょう

ceiling

天皇

てんのう

Emperor of Japan

天災

てんさい

natural calamity

天然痘

てんねんとう

smallpox

天皇陛下

てんのうへいか

His Majesty the Emperor

天寿

てんじゅ

natural span of life

天皇制

てんのうせい

the Emperor System

天台宗

てんだいしゅう

Tendai sect (of Buddhism)

Example Sentences

彼女は天涯孤独の身だった。

かのじょはてんがいこどくのみだった。

She was all alone in the world.

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