天晴れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天 晴
あ(っ)
Grade: 1
は > ぱ
Grade: 2
irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
遖

Etymology

/apare/ → /appare/

Alteration of Old Japanese 哀 (ancient apare, modern aware, “deeply touching or moving”).[1] More at 哀れ.

The kanji are ateji (当て字).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

天(あっ)晴(ぱ)れ • (appare) -na (adnominal 天(あっ)晴(ぱ)れな (appare na), adverbial 天(あっ)晴(ぱ)れに (appare ni))

  1. admirable, commendable, wonderful, brilliant, splendid, worthy

Inflection

Interjection

天(あっ)晴(ぱ)れ • (appare) 

  1. well done, wow, bravo, wonderful

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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