天罰覿面

天罰覿面

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	罰	覿	面
てん Grade: 1	ばつ Grade: S	てき Hyōgaiji	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

• (Tokyo) て​んばつ てきめん (Atamadaka + Heiban)[2][3]

Noun

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

1. the immediacy of divine punishment

References

1. “天罰覿面”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN