天変地異

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	変	地	異
てん Grade: 1	へん > ぺん Grade: 4	ち Grade: 2	い Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
天變地異 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Yoji jukugo (四字熟語). Compound of 天変 (tenpen, “a change or abnormality in the heavens”) +‎ 地異 (chii, “a bad change in or on the earth”).[1]

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) てんぺんちい [tèńpéńchíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[2][3][4]
IPA^(key): [tẽ̞mpẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕiː]

Noun

天(てん)変(ぺん)地(ち)異(い) • (tenpenchii)

(idiomatic) an extraordinary natural occurrence: a catastrophe, a calamity
天(てん)変(ぺん)地(ち)異(い)が起(お)きた。
Tenpenchii ga okita.
An earth-shattering incident occurred.

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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