てんじやう
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of
てんじやう
– see the following entries.
【
天井
てんじょう
】
[noun]
[from 759]
ceiling
[noun]
[from 1400s]
the
highest
place inside an
object
[noun]
[from 1814]
(
by extension
)
the top price of something
【
天上
てんじょう
】
[noun]
the distant
sky
, the
heavens
[noun]
heaven
,
afterlife
[noun]
acme
,
zenith
, that above which there is nothing
[verb]
to
ascend
to
heaven
[verb]
to
die
(This term,
てんじやう
(
tenzyau
)
, is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)