てんし

See also: てんじ and でんし

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Noun

てんし • (tenshi) 

  1. 点紙: rare synonym for 礼紙 (raishi): a sheet of white paper covering a formal letter or other document as a kind of formal wrapping

Pronunciation 2
  • (Tokyo) てんし [tèńshí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

てんし • (tenshi) 

  1. 展翅:: the spreading of the wings of an insect for display as a specimen
  2. 填詞: a genre of classical Chinese literature

Verb

てんしする • (tenshi suru) suru (stem てんしし (tenshi suru shi), past てんしした (tenshi suru shita))

  1. 展翅: to spread the wings of an insect for display as a specimen

Pronunciation 3

Noun

てんし • (tenshi) 

  1. 天子: an emperor
  2. 天使: (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) an angel; an imperial messenger or envoy
  3. 天枝: an imperial descendant
  4. 天姿: one's natural appearance
  5. 天資: one's natural or innate qualities
  6. 天賜: a gift from heaven; an imperial gift or favor

References
  1. “【点紙】 てんし”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) Paid subscription required‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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