堕天使
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堕天使 (datenshi): an illustration of a fallen angel from Paradise Lost.
See also: 墮天使
Chinese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 堕天使 – see 墮天使 (“fallen angel”). (This term is the simplified form of 墮天使). |
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 堕 | 天 | 使 |
| だ Grade: S |
てん Grade: 1 |
し Grade: 3 |
| goon | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 墮天使 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 堕 (da, “lapse; degenerate; fall”) + 天使 (tenshi, “angel”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
- (Christianity) a fallen angel
- 2000 March 1, “魔天老 [Demonic Skyelder]”, in Booster 7, Konami:
- 天界から追放された堕天使。闇での闘いに優れている。
- Tenkai kara tsuihō sareta datenshi. Yami de no tatakai ni sugurete iru.
- A fallen angel exiled from heaven. He excels at attacking from the dark.
- 天界から追放された堕天使。闇での闘いに優れている。
- (Christianity; by extension) the Devil, Satan, Lucifer
See also
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN