nihongo à gogo » 敬語 http://nihongoagogo.com japanese brain amenity for a super happy talking time fun! Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:08:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 japanese brain amenity for a super happy talking time fun! nihongo à gogo no japanese brain amenity for a super happy talking time fun! nihongo à gogo » 敬語 http://nihongoagogo.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://nihongoagogo.com/category/%e6%95%ac%e8%aa%9e/ Tenran Zumō http://nihongoagogo.com/2010/01/tenran-zumo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tenran-zumo http://nihongoagogo.com/2010/01/tenran-zumo/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:06:50 +0000 Michael http://nihongoagogo.com/?p=313 Continue reading →]]> 天覧相撲 [てんらんずもう] – A Sumō tournament which the Emperor is attending

  • 天 [テン・あま] – heaven; imperial
  • 覧 [ラン・みる] – peruse; see
  • 相撲 [すもう] – Sumō (lit “mutual striking”)

In this compound, 天 is an abbreviation for 天皇 [てんのう] “the Emperor.”  覧 is often used in the 敬語 [けいご] (honorific) phrase ご覧下さい or “please have a look.”  But, I’m afraid we’ll need to tackle 敬語 some other time.

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