Illustration: Above a quiet Japanese residential lane, a small humanlike angel with feathered wings and a floating halo hovers beside a second-floor balcony. A sudden breeze has carried a baby's sock off the drying rack, and the angel catches it delicately between two fingers before returning it to its clip.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

天てん使し

tenshi

angel

Example sentences

  1. 今朝けさ、私わたしは天使てんしを見みた。

    This morning, I saw an angel.

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  2. 君きみは天使てんしのような人ひとだ！

    You’re an angel!

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  3. 彼女かのじょはまるで天使てんしのようでした。

    She was like an angel.

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Kanji in 天使

  • 天heavens; skyOnテンKunあまつ・あめ・あま-
  • 使use; send on a missionOnシKunつかう・つかい

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