Word Meaning 天涯孤独

てんがいこどく tengaikodoku

天涯孤独 is read as てんがいこどく (tengaikodoku) and means a person without a single relative.

Meaning

English

  1. a person without a single relative

Reading

Kana

てんがいこどく

Romaji

tengaikodoku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Yojijukugo Rank 114352 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

天上天下唯我独尊

てんじょうてんがゆいがどくそん

throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one

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

てんがい

horizon

孤独

こどく

solitude

百年の孤独

ひゃくねんのこどく

One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez)

鰥寡孤独

かんかこどく

with no one upon whom to depend

孤独死

こどくし

dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing)

孤独感

こどくかん

sense of isolation

天井

てんじょう

ceiling

天皇

てんのう

Emperor of Japan

Example Sentences

2

かれはてんがいこどくのみだ。

he is completely alone in the world.

かのじょはてんがいこどくのみだった。

She was all alone in the world.