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Tengu
tiān gǒu
ten gu
天狗 is the Japanese title for Tengu, which roughly translates as “heavenly dog.”
Tengu is a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion and is also considered a type of Shinto god (kami) or yōkai (supernatural being).
The origin is Chinese, though this term is seldom used in Chinese anymore. It was a dog-like Chinese demon (Tiangou)
Although the title contains the word “dog,” the tengu are often depicted with human and bird-like characteristics. Sometimes they have large noses or beaks like birds.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
天狗 see styles |
tiān gǒu tian1 gou3 t`ien kou tien kou tengu てんぐ |
More info & calligraphy: Tenguulkā, 憂流迦the 'heavenly dog' i. e. a meteor. Also 'a star in Argo' according to Williams. |
天貢 see styles |
tengu てんぐ |
(place-name) Tengu |
展具 see styles |
zhǎn jù zhan3 ju4 chan chü tengu |
spread cloth |
鼻高 see styles |
hanataka; hanadaka はなたか; はなだか |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) having a prominent nose; having a long nose; person with a prominent nose; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) prideful; boastful; prideful person; (3) (See 天狗・1) tengu; (place-name) Hanadaka |
八天狗 see styles |
hattengu はってんぐ |
(See 天狗・1) hattengu; tengu said to live among the 8 mountains of Atago, Hira, Daisen, Ōmine, Kurama, Iizuna, Hiko, and Shiramine |
大天狗 see styles |
daitengu; ootengu だいてんぐ; おおてんぐ |
(1) (See 天狗・1) large tengu; powerful tengu; (2) (idiom) (See 天狗・2) big braggart; blowhard |
天狗物 see styles |
tengumono てんぐもの |
(See 能・2,天狗・1) category of noh plays who depict a tengu as the leading character; goblin piece |
天狗話 see styles |
tengubanashi てんぐばなし |
(1) (idiom) boastful story; (2) (See 天狗・1) story about tengu |
天狗道 see styles |
tengudou / tengudo てんぐどう |
(See 天狗・1) world of the tengu; hell of the long-nosed goblins |
小天狗 see styles |
kotengu こてんぐ |
(1) (See 天狗・1) small tengu; (2) (idiom) promising young martial arts practitioner |
金天狗 see styles |
kintengu きんてんぐ |
(See 天狗・1) golden tengu |
上昇天宮 上昇天宫 see styles |
shàng shēng tiān gōng shang4 sheng1 tian1 gong1 shang sheng t`ien kung shang sheng tien kung jōshō tengū |
to ascend to the heavenly palace |
天宮寶藏 天宫宝藏 see styles |
tiān gōng bǎo zàng tian1 gong1 bao3 zang4 t`ien kung pao tsang tien kung pao tsang tengū hōzō |
treasury of the sūtras |
天狗の滝 see styles |
tengunotaki てんぐのたき |
(place-name) Tengu Falls |
天狗俳諧 see styles |
tenguhaikai てんぐはいかい |
(See 天狗・1) parlour game in which three people each write one line of a 5-7-5 poem (without seeing the other lines; often producing humorous results); tengu haiku |
天狗倒し see styles |
tengudaoshi てんぐだおし |
(from the idea that such sounds came from trees being felled by tengu) (See 天狗・1) large sound of unknown source heard on a forested mountain |
天狗太郎 see styles |
tengutarou / tengutaro てんぐたろう |
(person) Tengu Tarō |
木端天狗 see styles |
koppatengu こっぱてんぐ |
(See 木の葉天狗・このはてんぐ) weak tengu (goblin) |
鞍馬天狗 see styles |
kuramatengu くらまてんぐ |
(See 天狗・1) Kurama tengu; tengu of Kyoto's Mount Kurama, said to have taught the art of war to Minamoto no Yoshitsune |
天狗になる see styles |
tenguninaru てんぐになる |
(exp,v5r) (idiom) (See 天狗・てんぐ・1) to get conceited; to become vain; to get stuck up; to get a swollen head; to become a tengu |
木の葉天狗 see styles |
konohatengu このはてんぐ |
(exp,n) (See 天狗・1) weak tengu |
天狗トンネル see styles |
tengutonneru てんぐトンネル |
(place-name) Tengu Tunnel |
Variations: |
tengubanashi てんぐばなし |
(1) (idiom) boastful story; (2) (See 天狗・1) story about tengu |
Variations: |
karasutengu からすてんぐ |
(See 天狗・1) small, crow-billed tengu |
Variations: |
koppatengu こっぱてんぐ |
(rare) (See 天狗・1,木の葉天狗) weak tengu; small tengu |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Tengu | 天狗 | ten gu / tengu | tiān gǒu / tian1 gou3 / tian gou / tiangou | t`ien kou / tienkou / tien kou |
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