English Explanatory Dictionary

Tenjin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Japanese god of the heavens; also the Shinto kami of scholarship.
  2. A Japanese term for deva.

Word forms

Tenjin

Etymology

From Japanese 天神 (Tenjin), from 天 (then, “Heaven”) + 神 (zyin, “deity”, “god”).

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