天罰覿面

てんばつてきめん

Also written 天罰てきめん

Meanings

1. Noun the certainty of divine punishment; Swift is Heaven's vengeance

Kanji

• 天 heaven. Read as テン.
• 罰 punish. Read as バツ.
• 覿 meet; see. Read as テキ.
• 面 face. Read as メン.

Example sentences

• 天網恢恢疎にして漏らさずの言葉通り、天罰覿面だ。
  They say fate will catch up with you. That was God's way of punishing him.
• この辺の意地悪婆さんが雷に打たれて頓死したらしい。まさに天罰覿面だとうちの母さんが言う。
  It seems the mean old woman that lived around here was struck by lightning and suddenly died. My mother says it's truly a case of the swiftness of Heaven's vengeance.

Word lists

• Yojijukugo (四字熟語)

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