"天命" meaning in Japanese

See 天命 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [tẽ̞mːe̞ː], [ino̞t͡ɕina̠ɾʲi] Forms: 天命 [canonical] (ruby: 天(てん), 命(めい)), tenmei [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|てんめい}} 天(てん)命(めい) • (tenmei)
  1. mandate of heaven, will of heaven; divine decree; fate, destiny Derived forms: 天命を知る (tenmei o shiru) (ruby: 天(てん), 命(めい), 知(し)), 天命不知 (tenmei shirazu) (ruby: 天(てん), 命(めい), 不知(しらず)), 天命思想 (tenmei shisō) (ruby: 天(てん), 命(めい), 思(し), 想(そう))
    Sense id: en-天命-ja-noun-ehYnNZUA Categories (other): Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 48 52

Noun

IPA: [tẽ̞mːe̞ː], [ino̞t͡ɕina̠ɾʲi] Forms: 天命 [canonical] (ruby: 天命(いのちなり)), inochinari [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|いのちなり}} 天命(いのちなり) • (inochinari)
  1. (archaic) fate, destiny Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-天命-ja-noun-M3SW~3gm Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 42 58 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 66 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 42 58
     
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      "other": "てんめー"
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Download raw JSONL data for 天命 meaning in Japanese (3.6kB)

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