天井（てんじょう）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: ceiling
Example sentences
- この古い部屋は天井がとても高い。 — This old room has a very high ceiling.
- 天井の電灯が急に消えた。 — The ceiling light suddenly went out.
Idioms & proverbs containing “天井”
- 天井桟敷 (てんじょうさじき) — gallery (in a theatre); upper gallery; cheap seats; nosebleed section; the gods
- 青天井 (あおてんじょう) — blue sky
- 葦の髄から天井を覗く (よしのずいからてんじょうをのぞく) — to have a narrow view of things; to peek at the ceiling through the pith of a reed
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