"任天堂" meaning in Japanese

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Proper name

IPA: [ɲ̟ĩntẽ̞ndo̞ː] Forms: 任天堂 [canonical] (ruby: (にん), (てん), (どう)), Nintendō [romanization], Nintendau [romanization], にんてんだう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: According to Hiroshi Yamauchi, the company name is derived from the phrase 運を天に任せる (un o ten ni makaseru, literally “leave luck to heaven”). Other sources suggest the word 天 (ten, literally “heaven”) is the first character of 天狗 (tengu), a kind of monster in Japanese folklore which is sometimes connected to gambling and may therefore be a reference to the company’s initial product of hanafuda cards, thus yielding an interpretation of the company name as a “temple of trusted cards”. Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|にんてんどう|head=任天堂|hhira=^にんてんだう}} 任(にん)天(てん)堂(どう) • (Nintendō) ^(←にんてんだう (Nintendau)?)
  1. Nintendo (video game company) Wikipedia link: Hiroshi Yamauchi Categories (topical): Nintendo, Video games Related terms: ファミコン (Famikon)

Alternative forms

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