天あまが下した

noun

the whole country; the world; the public; the ruling power; having one's own way

Archaic literary term. The core meaning is 'all under heaven', i.e., the entire realm or the world. Extended uses include the public, the ruling authority, and, in some contexts, acting as one pleases (as if one ruled the world). Rare in modern Japanese; encountered mainly in classical texts or fixed expressions.

• 古こ語ごでは「天あまが下した」は天てん下か全ぜん体たいを指さした。

  In classical language, 天が下 referred to the whole realm under heaven.

• 「天あまが下したに知しれ渡わたる」という表ひょう現げんは、全ぜん国こくに広ひろく知しられることを意い味みする。

  The expression 天が下に知れ渡る means to become widely known throughout the land.