天罰覿面
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 天 | 罰 | 覿 | 面 |
| てん Grade: 1 |
ばつ Grade: S |
てき Hyōgai |
めん Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | kan'yōon | goon | kan'on |
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]天罰覿面 • (tenbatsu tekimen)
- the immediacy of divine punishment
References
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- Japanese terms spelled with 天 read as てん
- Japanese terms spelled with 罰 read as ばつ
- Japanese terms spelled with 覿 read as てき
- Japanese terms spelled with 面 read as めん
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
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- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
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- Japanese terms with 4 kanji
- Japanese yojijukugo