天下一品

Japanese

Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
いち > いっ
Grade: 1
ひん > ぴん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Yojijukugo (四字熟語), from 天下(てんか) (tenka) + 一品(いっぴん) (ippin)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んかいいっぴん [téꜜǹkàììppìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1] incorrectly approximated by the cited dictionary's restrictively simplistic single-accent style
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞ŋka̠iːp̚ʲpʲĩɴ]

Noun

(てん)()(いっ)(ぴん) • (tenkaippin

  1. Most precious item under heaven; irreplaceable

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN