天てん真しん

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Meanings

Describes a pure, unspoiled, and childlike innocence, often implying a lack of worldly experience or guile. Frequently used in the phrase 天真爛漫 (てんしんらんまん).

彼かの女じょの天てん真しん爛らん漫まんな笑え顔がおに心こころが和なごんだ。
Her innocent and artless smile was heartwarming.
彼かれの天てん真しんな性せい格かくは、時ときに無む防ぼう備びすぎるように見みえる。
His naive personality sometimes seems overly defenseless.

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Kanji

天heavens, sky, imperial
真true, reality, Buddhist sect

Related words

純じゅん真しん
純真 emphasizes purity and genuineness of heart, while 天真 highlights a natural, unspoiled innocence that can border on naivety.
無む邪じゃ気き
無邪気 is more about being free from malice or cunning, often used for children. 天真 carries a nuance of innate, almost unworldly simplicity.

Word family

天てん真しん爛らん漫まん
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
天てん真しん流りゅう露ろ
natural expression of one's true self; unaffected sincerity

Etymology

Composed of 天 (heaven, nature) and 真 (truth, reality), suggesting an innate, heaven-sent purity. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the compound is conventionally associated with natural, unadorned innocence.