てんじょう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of てんじょう – see the following entries.
天上
[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
天井
[noun] [from 759] ceiling
[noun] [from 1400s] the highest place inside an object
[noun] [from 1814] (by extension) the top price of something
殿上
[noun] (historical, Heian period) the palace floor, the interior of the emperor's palace
[noun] the emperor's court
添乗
[noun] the act or practice of guiding tourists, escorting a tour group
[verb] to guide a tour, to escort or accompany a tour group, to lead an excursion
(This term, てんじょう (tenjō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)