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    3. 天神

    天神

    天てん神じん

    heavenly god

    KMT7News #18+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab13 strokes

    てんじん

    Noun

    1.
    heavenly god, heavenly gods
    2.
    spirit of Sugawara no Michizane
    3.
    Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit)
    4.
    pit of a dried plum, dried plum
    colloquial
    5.
    tenjin hairstyle
    abbreviation
    6.
    prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
    7.
    tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen)

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    天てん神じんは学がく問もんの神かみ様さまです。

    Tenjin is a god of learning.

    KMT4Religion & PhilosophyEducation
    多おおくの学がく生せいが試し験けんの合ごう格かくを願ねがって天てん神じん様さまにお参まいりします。

    Many students visit Tenjin shrines to pray for success in their exams.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyEducation
    太だ宰ざい府ふ天てん満まん宮ぐうは、天てん神じん様さまの総そう本ほん宮ぐうとして有ゆう名めいです。

    The Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine is famous as the head shrine of Tenjin.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    大おお阪さかの天てん神じん祭まつりは、日に本ほん三さん大だい祭まつりの一ひとつです。

    The Tenjin Festival in Osaka is one of Japan's three great festivals.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    天てん神じんとして崇あがめられる菅すが原わらの道みち真ざねは、平へい安あん時じ代だいの学がく者しゃであり政せい治じ家かでした。

    Sugawara no Michizane, revered as Tenjin, was a scholar and politician of the Heian period.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    天
    あまつ・あめ・あま-…(7)
    heavens・sky・imperial
    神
    かみ・かん-・こう-…(11)
    gods・mind・soul
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