天下

てんか

Also written てんが, てんげ

Meanings

1. Noun the whole world
2. the whole country
3. society; the public
4. supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power
5. having one's own way; doing as one pleases
6. の-adjective peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous
7. Noun shogun (Edo period)

Kanji

• 天 heaven. Read as テン.
• 下 down. Read as カ.

Example sentences

• 金は天下の回りもの。
  Money comes and goes.
• 日本は天下第一の国である。
  Japan is the best country under the sun.

Common phrases

• 天下を取る
• 天下を統一する
• 天下を治める
• 天下を狙う

Words containing 天下

• 天下一 (てんかいち) unique thing
• 天下一品 (てんかいっぴん) beyond compare
• 天下統一 (てんかとういつ) unification of the whole country

And 30 more.

Word lists

• Spoken

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists