Word Meaning 殿上

てんじょう tenjou

殿上 is read as てんじょう (tenjou) and means the court.

Meaning

English

  1. the court
  2. palace circles
  3. palace floor

Reading

Kana

てんじょう

Romaji

tenjou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 111270 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

殿上人

てんじょうびと

courtier

殿上の間

てんじょうのま

palace floor

御湯殿上日記

おゆどののうえのにっき

Oyudono no ue no nikki (Collection of diaries on the daily life in the imperial court)

殿下

てんが

your Highness

殿

どの

Mr.

殿様

とのさま

feudal lord (of the Edo period)

殿堂

でんどう

hall of fame

殿様仕事

とのさましごと

amateur work (in art)

殿様商法

とのさましょうほう

amateurish way of doing business

殿様商売

とのさましょうばい

dilettantish business

殿中

でんちゅう

in the palace

殿内

とぅんち

residence of a government official in the Ryukyu Kingdom