天罰覿面

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
天 罰 覿 面
てん
Grade: 1 		ばつ
Grade: S 		てき
Hyōgai 		めん
Grade: 3
on'yomi kan'yōon goon kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 天罰 (tenbatsu, “divine retribution”) +‎ 覿面 (tekimen, “immediate, prompt; immediacy, promptness”).[1][2]

First cited to a text from 1885.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

天(てん)罰(ばつ)覿(てき)面(めん) • (tenbatsu tekimen) 

  1. the immediacy of divine punishment

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “天罰覿面”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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