- てんち
- [天地] heaven and earth.¶→天地創造¶→天地無用天地
heaven and earth
the universe
nature
top and bottom
realm
sphere
world* * *てんち【天地】heaven and earth.¶ → 天地創造¶ → 天地無用* * *Iてんち【天地】1 〔天と地〕 heaven and earth; the heavens and the earth; 〔宇宙〕 the universe; 〔自然〕 nature.●たとえ天地がくつがえるとも even if heaven and earth should change places
・天地がひっくり返ったような大騒ぎ a turmoil as great as if the world had been turned upside down.
●天地の of heaven and earth; universal
・天地の創造 the creation of the universe
・天地の神々 the gods of heaven and earth
・天地の間に生を享(う)けし者 all those living in this world
・天地の開きがある. They are as different as night from day [chalk and cheese].
・2 人の考えの間には天地ほどの差がある. There is all the difference in the world between their views. | Their thinking is worlds apart. | They are poles apart in their opinions.
●天地を震撼(しんかん)させる 〔事件などが〕 shake heaven and earth [the earth, the whole universe]; make the whole world wonder
・天地を震わせる 〔音響などが〕 make heaven and earth resound; rend the air.
●天地は万物の逆旅(げきりょ). The universe is an inn for all creation.
2 〔場所・領域〕 a land; a world; a realm; a sphere; a stage.●自由の天地 a free land; the land of freedom.
●彼女は美術界に独自の天地を開拓した. She carved a special niche for herself in the art world.
3 〔物の上下〕 top and bottom.●その絵は天地がさかさまだ. That painting is (hanging) upside down!
●(ページの)天地をあける leave spaces [margins] at the top and bottom
・天地を逆にする turn sth upside down [topsy-turvy]; invert sth.
●天地無用. 〔荷物取り扱いの注意表示〕 This side up. | Do not turn over.
小天地 ⇒しょうてんち.別天地 a different world.天地開闢 ⇒かいびゃく.IIてんち【転地】(a) change of air [climate].~する go 《to some place》 for [get] a change of air [scenery, climate].●療養のため転地を勧める recommend a change of climate for [as an aid to] recuperation [convalescence].
転地療法 climatotherapy; health resort therapy.IIIてんち【転置】transposition.~する transpose; dislocate; displace; 【数】 transpose 《a matrix》.●転置しうる displaceable; transposable.
転置行列 【数】 a transpose (of a matrix); a transposed matrix.転置法 【修辞】 hyperbaton; 【文法】 transposition.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.