also: あまの
noun-modifying (irregular)
Prenominal modifier used in elevated, mythological, or poetic contexts to describe things of the heavens or gods.
天の川が夜空に輝いている。
The Milky Way (lit. heavenly river) shines in the night sky.
古事記には天の岩戸の神話が記されている。
The Kojiki records the myth of the Heavenly Rock Cave.
Standard kanji spelling with the reading あめの.
Obsolete reading; appears in classical or poetic contexts.
The native Japanese word あめ (heaven, sky) combined with the archaic genitive particle の, forming a prenominal modifier. The reading あまの is an older variant.