天
テン
あまつ • あめ • あま-
heavens; sky; imperial
Words
天文方
てんもんかた
- Edo period office in charge of compiling the koyomi, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc. n arch
天の赤道
てんのせきどう
- celestial equator n
天赦日
てんしゃにち
- auspicious day for any activity (according to the koyomi) n
天一神
てんいちじん なかがみ
- Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky n
天気輪
てんきりん
- weather wheel; pillar found near graveyards and temples with a wheel attached to it that can be used to communicate with the dead, as well as for divination n
- sun pillar n