Word Meaning 天狗

てんぐ tengu

天狗 is read as てんぐ (tengu) and means tengu.

Meaning

English

tengu
red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains
bragging
conceit
braggart
boaster
conceited person

Reading

Kana

てんぐ

Romaji

tengu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

天狗話

てんぐばなし

boastful story

天狗道

てんぐどう

world of the tengu

天狗物

てんぐもの

category of noh plays who depict a tengu as the leading character

天狗礫

てんぐつぶて

rock flying out of nowhere (while in the mountains)

天狗蝙蝠

てんぐこうもり

Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat (Murina hilgendorfi)

天狗茸

てんぐたけ

panther cap (species of poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina)

天狗になる

てんぐになる

to get conceited

天狗風

てんぐかぜ

sudden gust

天狗フルーツ蝙蝠

てんぐふるーつこうもり

tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimeninae spp., esp. the common tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene albiventer)

天狗倒し

てんぐだおし

large sound of unknown source heard on a forested mountain

天狗俳諧

てんぐはいかい

parlour game in which three people each write one line of a 5-7-5 poem (without seeing the other lines; often producing humorous results)

天狗猿

てんぐざる

proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)

Example Sentences

天狗になるなよ。

Don't be overconfident.

トムは天狗のようだ。

Tom seems conceited.

トムは天狗になっている。

Tom is conceited.

トムは天狗になっていた。

Tom was full of himself.

トムは天狗になったようだった。

Tom seemed conceited.

俺だったら天狗になっちゃうよ。

I would have gotten conceited.

大会で優勝したからって天狗になるな。お前と同じくらいに上手いやつなんて、世の中にはごろごろいるんだぞ。

Don't get such a big head just because you won the tournament. There's many others in the world who are just as good as you.