天罰覿面

Japanese
Kanji in this term
天 罰 覿 面
てん
Grade: 1		 ばつ
Grade: S		 てき
Hyōgaiji		 めん
Grade: 3
on’yomi kan’yōon goon kan’on

Etymology

Compound of 天罰 (tenbatsu, “divine retribution”) +‎ 覿面 (tekimen, “immediate, prompt; immediacy, promptness”).[1][2]

First cited to a text from 1885.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

天(てん)罰(ばつ)覿(てき)面(めん) • (tenbatsu tekimen) 

  1. the immediacy of divine punishment

References
  1. “天罰覿面”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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