九きゅう重ちょうの天てん

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Meanings

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expression, noun

highest heavens; ninth heaven

A literary and archaic expression referring to the highest realm of heaven in classical Chinese and Japanese cosmology. Rare in modern Japanese outside of poetic or historical contexts.

九きゅう重ちょうの天てんに昇のぼるような心地ここちがした。
I felt as if I were ascending to the highest heavens.

nine

重heavy, important, esteem

天heavens, sky, imperial

Similar words

九きゅう天てん
九天 is a more concise term for the nine heavens or the sky, also classical but slightly more common in modern literary or religious contexts.
天てん
天 is the general modern word for heaven or sky, without the specific classical nuance of the nine-layered celestial realm.

Etymology

From classical Chinese cosmology, where the heavens were conceived as having nine layers. The expression is preserved in Japanese literature and religious texts.