天|てんten[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounsky
   彼かれは天てんを仰あおいだ。↗

   He looked up at the sky.
2. noun, Christianityheaven
   縁組えんぐみは天てんでなされる。↗

   Marriage is made in heaven.
3. nounGod
4. noun, Buddhismsvarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth)
5. noun, Buddhismdeva (divine being of Buddhism)
6. nountop (of a book)
7. nounsole (of a Japanese sandal)
8. nounbeginning; start
9. nountempura
10. nounIndia

• Synonym大空おおぞらNeutralNeutral noun for the vast, open sky, with a sense of expanse, as in 「大空を飛ぶ」; 「天」 is more written and also covers heaven and divine will.
• Synonym天空てんくうWrittenWritten noun for the sky, with a grand, sweeping feel, as in 「天空の城」.
• SynonymスカイNeutralLoanword for the sky, used mostly in names, as in 「スカイツリー」.
• Related宙ちゅうNeutralNeutral noun for midair, as in 「宙に浮く」; stresses position in the air rather than the sky itself.
• Related天上てんじょうWrittenWritten noun for the heavens or the celestial realm, also ascension to heaven; carries a religious flavor.
• Related上天じょうてんWrittenWritten noun for the heavens above or the Creator; carries a religious flavor.
• Related雲居くもいWrittenArchaic word for the sky at cloud height, also the imperial court; has an elegant, old-fashioned air.
• Related一天いってんWrittenWritten noun for the whole sky overhead, as in 「一天にわかに曇る」.
• Related九天きゅうてんWrittenWritten noun for the Nine Heavens, the highest reaches of the sky; carries a classical Chinese flavor.
• Related天の原あまのはらWrittenArchaic word for the vast sky, seen mainly in waka poetry.
• Related天球てんきゅうWrittenWritten noun for the celestial sphere in astronomy; an academic term with no sense of heaven or the divine.
• Related太虚たいきょWrittenWritten noun for the Great Void, the primal source of the cosmos; a philosophical term.
• Antonym地ちWrittenWritten noun for the ground and the earth, the direct opposite of 「天」, as in 「天と地」.
• Antonym土つちNeutralNeutral noun for soil, dirt and the ground, as in 「土に還る」; stands opposite the sky above.

Use 「天」 for the sky, the heavens above, or divine will, as in 「天に祈る」「天の恵み」. For the wide open sky pick 「大空」, for midair 「宙」, for the heavenly realm 「天上」, and 「スカイ」 in names; 「地」 is the earth below.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. （テン）そら。天空てんくう。
2. （テン）空模様そらもよう、気象きしょう。
3. （テン）運命的うんめいてきなもの。
4. （テン）万物ばんぶつを主宰しゅさいする存在そんざい。神かみ、創造そうぞう主しゅ、造物主ぞうぶつしゅ、天帝てんてい。
5. （テン）多おおくの宗教しゅうきょうにおいて、神々かみがみが住すむとされる世界せかい。
6. 人間界にんげんかいの上位じょういにある神々かみがみの世界せかい。天部てんぶ。
7. における、神かみがいる場所ばしょ。
8. 高天原たかまがはら。天つ神あまつかみがいたとされる国くに。
9. （テン）上じょう。直立ちょくりつ時じの頭あたまの方向ほうこう。（書物しょもつ、絵画かいがなどにおいて）垂直すいちょくに置おいたときに上うえになる方かた。水平すいへいに置おいたときに読み手よみてから見みて遠とおい方ほう。
10. （テン）漢文かんぶん読み下よみくだしにおいて、次つぎに「地ち」の付ふせられた字じに続つづくことを表あらわす記号きごう。