天変地異

Japanese
Kanji in this term
天 変 地 異
てん
Grade: 1		 へん > ぺん
Grade: 4		 ち
Grade: 2		 い
Grade: 6
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
天變地異 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Yojijukugo (四字熟語). Compound of 天変 (tenpen, “a change or abnormality in the heavens”) +‎ 地異 (chii, “a bad change in or on the earth”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) てんぺんち​い [tèńpéńchíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[2][3][4]
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞mpẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕiː]

Noun

天(てん)変(ぺん)地(ち)異(い) • (tenpenchii) 

  1. (idiomatic) an extraordinary natural occurrence: a catastrophe, a calamity
    天(てん)変(ぺん)地(ち)異(い)が起(お)きた。
    Tenpenchii ga okita.
    An earth-shattering incident occurred.

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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