天てん界かい

noun

the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere

Only with reading てんかい

Refers to the sky, the heavens, or the celestial realm in a general, often poetic or astronomical sense. Reading is てんかい.

• 天てん界かいに輝かがやく星ほし々ぼしを見み上あげた。

  I looked up at the stars shining in the heavens.

noun

heavenly realm; deva realm

Buddhist term for the realm of heavenly beings (devas). Both てんかい and てんがい readings are used, with てんがい being more traditional in Buddhist contexts.

See also: 天道 (あまじ)

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、天てん界かいは六ろく道どうの一ひとつとされる。

  In Buddhism, the heavenly realm is considered one of the six realms of existence.