Word Meaning 天皇

すめらぎ sumeragi

天皇 is read as すめらぎ (sumeragi) and means Emperor of Japan.

Meaning

English

  1. Emperor of Japan

Reading

Kana

すめらぎ

Romaji

sumeragi

Writing Variants

  • 天皇 すべらぎ suberagi
  • 天皇 すめらき sumeraki
  • 天皇 すめろぎ sumerogi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Antonyms 皇后 Rank 64348 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

天皇陛下

てんのうへいか

His Majesty the Emperor

天皇制

てんのうせい

the Emperor System

天皇誕生日

てんのうたんじょうび

Emperor's Birthday (national holiday; February 23)

天皇人間宣言

てんのうにんげんせんげん

Imperial Declaration of Humanity (renunciation of imperial claim to divinity; January 1, 1946)

天皇機関説

てんのうきかんせつ

theory of the Emperor as an organ of government

天皇家

てんのうけ

the Imperial Family

天皇皇后両陛下

てんのうこうごうりょうへいか

Their Majesties, the Emperor and Empress

天皇旗

てんのうき

Imperial Standard

天皇杯

てんのうはい

Emperor's trophy

天皇弥栄

すめらぎいやさか

prosperity to the emperor

天皇陵

てんのうりょう

tomb of Japanese emperor

天皇崇拝

てんのうすうはい

emperor worship

Example Sentences

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かれはてんのうのししゃとしてみやこにはいった。

He entered the capital as an envoy of the emperor.

Long live the Emperor!

The Emperor's Birthday fell on Sunday.

The emperor passed away in January of 1989. Therefore, the name of the era changed from Showa to Heisei.

However, in general, it seems that the Emperors had continued without seeking worldly power.

The emperor passed away in January of 1989. Therefore, the name of the era changed from Showa to Heisei.

I think there are probably few Japanese who know this side of the Emperor Meiji, the side that left a song like this.

Kamui no Ken was a sort of samurai/ninja story set during the transition of the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the re-establishment of Japan under the Emperor Meiji in 1868.