天てん使し

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 天てん使しのような〈人ひと〉an angel-like (kind, pure, or beautiful) person

  彼かの女じょは天てん使しのような笑え顔がおで客きゃくを迎むかえた。

  She greeted the customers with an angelic smile.

• 天てん使しが舞まい降おりるfor an angel to descend (used figuratively of a wonderful, sudden appearance)

  まるで天てん使しが舞まい降おりたような出で来き事ごとだった。

  It was like something out of a dream, as if an angel had descended.

Expressions

• 天てん使しの輪わhalo; angel ring · hair glow; shiny hair ring
• 天てん使しが通とおるan awkward silence falls; a lull in conversation
• 天てん使しの４よん歳さいfabulous fours; fantastic fours; angelic fours
• 白はく衣いの天てん使しnurse; angel in white