"てんせい" meaning in Japanese

See てんせい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Tensei [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper}} てんせい • (Tensei)
  1. 典生, 典正, 天晴, 天生, 天聖, 天声, 天青, 添星: a male given name
    Sense id: en-てんせい-ja-name-S3YBFOCQ Categories (other): Japanese given names, Japanese male given names, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 15 3 8 5 36 3 30

Noun

Forms: tensei [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} てんせい • (tensei)
  1. 天性: nature
    Sense id: en-てんせい-ja-noun-YapuHjWo
  2. 転生: transmigration; reincarnation
    Sense id: en-てんせい-ja-noun-NK8yEGhj
  3. 天声: heavenly voice
    Sense id: en-てんせい-ja-noun-ZStbVxYQ
  4. 点睛: adding finishing touches to a painting
    Sense id: en-てんせい-ja-noun-G~UvoABH Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 9 2 2 3 61 2 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 15 3 8 5 36 3 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 14 3 4 5 42 3 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 14 3 7 5 41 3 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 2 2 2 76 2 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 2 3 2 76 2 7
  5. 天成: product of nature
    Sense id: en-てんせい-ja-noun-rAz0YIcS
  6. 展性: malleability
    Sense id: en-てんせい-ja-noun-1dxxfThD Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 15 3 8 5 36 3 30

Alternative forms

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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
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      "links": [
        [
          "天性",
          "天性#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "id": "en-てんせい-ja-noun-NK8yEGhj",
      "links": [
        [
          "転生",
          "転生#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "transmigration",
          "transmigration"
        ],
        [
          "reincarnation",
          "reincarnation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "天声: heavenly voice"
      ],
      "id": "en-てんせい-ja-noun-ZStbVxYQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "天声",
          "天声#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "heavenly",
          "heavenly"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        },
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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        "点睛: adding finishing touches to a painting"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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        ]
      ]
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          "天成#Japanese"
        ]
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      ],
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      "links": [
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          "典生",
          "典生#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "典正",
          "典正#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "天晴",
          "天晴#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "天生",
          "天生#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "天聖",
          "天聖#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "天声",
          "天声#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "天青",
          "天青#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "添星",
          "添星#Japanese"
        ],
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      ],
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          "転生",
          "転生#Japanese"
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          "transmigration"
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          "reincarnation"
        ]
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        "天声: heavenly voice"
      ],
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        [
          "天声",
          "天声#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "heavenly",
          "heavenly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "点睛: adding finishing touches to a painting"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "点睛",
          "点睛#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "天成: product of nature"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "天成",
          "天成#Japanese"
        ]
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          "展性",
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      ],
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        ],
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          "典正",
          "典正#Japanese"
        ],
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          "天晴#Japanese"
        ],
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          "天生",
          "天生#Japanese"
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          "天聖",
          "天聖#Japanese"
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          "天声",
          "天声#Japanese"
        ],
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          "天青",
          "天青#Japanese"
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          "添星#Japanese"
        ],
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Download raw JSONL data for てんせい meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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  "title": "てんせい",
  "trace": ""
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (9c82c1c and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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