天国

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 天国 – see 天國 (“Kingdom of Heaven; paradise; heaven; the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom”).
(This term is the simplified form of 天國).
Notes:

Japanese

 天国 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
天 国
てん
Grade: 1 		こく > ごく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
天國 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

天(てん)国(ごく) • (tengoku) 

  1. (religion) heaven
    行(い)きたい天(てん)国(ごく)？
    Ikitai tengoku?
    Do you want to go to heaven?
    • 1995 June 1 [1993 April 17], Yōzaburō Kanari with Satō, Fumiya, “オペラ座(ざ)館(かん)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)⑥(ろく) [The Opera House Murder Case #6]”, in 金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ) [The Kindaichi Case Files], 14th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
      ‥いらん‥助(たす)かりたくない　俺(おれ)は‥‥　関(かん)係(けい)のない緒(お)方(がた)先(せん)生(せい)まで手(て)にかけてしまったんだ‥‥このまま冬(ふゆ)子(こ)のいる所(ところ)へ‥‥‥‥といっても‥こんな俺(おれ)が天(てん)国(ごく)なんて行(い)けるわけねえか‥‥
      ‥Iran‥ Tasukaritaku nai Ore wa‥‥ kankei no nai Ogata Sensei made te ni kakete shimatta n da‥‥ Kono mama Fuyuko no iru tokoro e‥‥ ‥‥To itte mo‥ konna ore ga tengoku nante ikeru wake nē ka‥‥
      ...Don’t... I don’t want help... I... didn’t mean to kill Ogata-sensei... She had nothing to do with all this... I can go where Fuyuko is now... Then again... there’s no way I’ll make it to heaven like this, is there...
    • 2000 August 10, Yūma Andō with Asaki, Masashi, “BREAK(ブレイク).41(よんじゅういち)　ケンカの神(かみ)様(さま) [Break 41: God of the Brawl]”, in サイコメトラーEIJI(エイジ) [Psychometrer Eiji], volume 24 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
      起(お)きたか　小(こ)僧(ぞう)
      Okita ka kozō
      You’ve come to, boy.
      ここは‥‥！
      Koko wa‥‥!
      This place is...!
      天(てん)国(ごく)だ！
      Tengoku da!
      Heaven!
      ‥‥て　天(てん)国(ごく)？
      ‥‥Te Tengoku?
      ...He– Heaven?
      そうだ　お前(まえ)はすでに死(し)んでいる
      Sō da omae wa sude ni shinde iru
      That’s right, you’ve just died.
      し　死(し)んだって　じゃあ　あのまま？
      Shi Shinda tte jā ano mama?
      I– I died just like that?
      そうだ　満(まん)足(ぞく)か？
      Sō da Manzoku ka?
      You did. Happy now?

See also

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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