Word Meaning 天罰覿面

てんばつてきめん tembatsutekimen

天罰覿面 is read as てんばつてきめん (tembatsutekimen) and means the certainty of divine punishment.

Meaning

English

  1. the certainty of divine punishment
  2. Swift is Heaven's vengeance

Reading

Kana

てんばつてきめん

Romaji

tembatsutekimen

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 49 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Yojijukugo Rank 152251 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

天罰が下る

てんばつがくだる

to receive divine punishment

天罰

てんばつ

suitable punishment

覿面

てきめん

immediate (effect, result, etc.)

効果覿面

こうかてきめん

having an immediate effect

因果覿面

いんがてきめん

the swiftness of retributive justice

球面天文学

きゅうめんてんもんがく

spherical astronomy

天下

てんが

shogun (Edo period)

天の河

あまのがわ

Milky Way

天辺

てへん

twelve o'clock (usu. midnight)

天井

てんじょう

ceiling

天皇

てんのう

Emperor of Japan

天然

てんねん

natural airhead

Example Sentences

2

They say fate will catch up with you. That was God's way of punishing him.

It seems the mean old woman that lived around here was struck by lightning and suddenly died. My mother says it's truly a case of the swiftness of Heaven's vengeance.