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 tiān gǒu
 ten gu
Tengu Scroll

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

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tiān gǒu
    tian1 gou3
t`ien kou
    tien kou
 tengu
    てんぐ

More info & calligraphy:

Tengu
(1) tengu; red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains; (2) (idiom) bragging; conceit; braggart; boaster; conceited person; (surname) Tengu
ulkā, 憂流迦the 'heavenly dog' i. e. a meteor. Also 'a star in Argo' according to Williams.

天貢

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 tengu
    てんぐ
(place-name) Tengu

展具

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zhǎn jù
    zhan3 ju4
chan chü
 tengu
spread cloth

鼻高

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 tengubanashi
    てんぐばなし
(1) (idiom) boastful story; (2) (See 天狗・1) story about tengu

天狗道

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 tengudou / tengudo
    てんぐどう
(See 天狗・1) world of the tengu; hell of the long-nosed goblins

小天狗

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 kotengu
    こてんぐ
(1) (See 天狗・1) small tengu; (2) (idiom) promising young martial arts practitioner

金天狗

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 kintengu
    きんてんぐ
(See 天狗・1) golden tengu

上昇天宮


上昇天宫

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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

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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

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 tengunotaki
    てんぐのたき
(place-name) Tengu Falls

天狗俳諧

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 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

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 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

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 tengutarou / tengutaro
    てんぐたろう
(person) Tengu Tarō

木端天狗

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 konohatengu
    このはてんぐ
(exp,n) (See 天狗・1) weak tengu

天狗トンネル

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 tengutonneru
    てんぐトンネル
(place-name) Tengu Tunnel

Variations:
天狗話
天狗咄

see styles
 tengubanashi
    てんぐばなし
(1) (idiom) boastful story; (2) (See 天狗・1) story about tengu

Variations:
烏天狗
鴉天狗

see styles
 karasutengu
    からすてんぐ
(See 天狗・1) small, crow-billed tengu

Variations:
木っ葉天狗
木葉天狗
木っ端天狗
木端天狗

see styles
 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 CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Tengu天狗ten gu / tengutiān gǒu / tian1 gou3 / tian gou / tiangout`ien kou / tienkou / tien kou


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