てんじん

See also: てんしん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of てんじん – see the following entry.

[noun] (Japanese mythology) all gods in the 高天原 (Takama ga Hara, “Plain of High Heaven”), the heavenly abode ruled by 天照 (Amaterasu)

[noun] a noble wearing 直衣 (nōshi, “robes not dyed to match the wearer's rank”)

[noun] an umeboshi (from the way that Sugawara no Michizane (see Proper noun below) was very fond of ume)

[noun] an umeboshi pit

[noun] short for 天神髷 (tenjin mage) or 天神結び (tenjin musubi), a style of bow-shaped topknot or bun worn by women, popular in the late 1800s

[noun] (historical) the second highest ranked courtesan after the 太夫 (tayū), in Kamigata

[proper noun] the Shinto kami of scholarship, the deification of Sugawara no Michizane (845-903 CE), a scholar, poet, and politician

[proper noun] a shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane

[proper noun] one of the traditional Noh masks, depicting one of the 鬼神 (onigami; kijin, “fierce gods”) as the vengeful spirit of Sugawara no Michizane, the lead role in the 雷電 (Raiden) piece

[proper noun] a neighbourhood of downtown Fukuoka

(This term, てんじん (tenjin), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)