天井|てんじょうtenjou[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounceiling
    ハエは天井てんじょうを歩あるくことができる。↗
    A fly can walk on the ceiling.
  2. nounceiling price; (price) ceiling
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Antonym地面じめんNeutral地面(じめん) is the neutral word for the ground or earth's surface and contrasts spatially with 天井; it has no figurative use for price limits.

Use 天井 for a ceiling, whether literal (the overhead surface of a room) or figurative (an upper limit on prices); 地面 is its spatial opposite, meaning the ground beneath one's feet.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 建造物けんぞうぶつの内部ないぶにおいて、部屋へやの上方かみがたを限かぎる面めん。
  2. ものの上うえの部分ぶぶん。
  3. ギャンブルにおいて、掛け金かけきんの上限じょうげんが決きまっている状態じょうたい。
  4. ソーシャルゲームにおいて、ガチャを一定いってい回数かいすう引ひくことで、任意にんいのアイテムやキャラクターを入手にゅうしゅできるシステム。
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