Word Meaning 降臨

こうりん kourin

降臨 is read as こうりん (kourin) and means arrival (of an important person).

Meaning

English

arrival (of an important person)
appearance
descent (to earth, esp. of a god)
advent
epiphany

Reading

Kana

こうりん

Romaji

kourin

Writing Variants

降臨ごうりん gourin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 76122 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

再降臨

さいこうりん

Second Advent

天孫降臨

てんそんこうりん

the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess

聖霊降臨祭

せいれいこうりんさい

Pentecost

降伏

こうふく

yield

降圧剤

こうあつざい

drug to lower blood pressure

降下部隊

こうかぶたい

paratroop corps

降水確率

こうすいかくりつ

chance of precipitation

降誕会

ごうたんえ

service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8)

降着円盤

こうちゃくえんばん

accretion disc

降伏強度

こうふくきょうど

yield strength

降級

こうきゅう

downgrading

降圧変圧器

こうあつへんあつき

step-down transformer