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天人
てんにんあめひと [ok] あまびと [ok]
1. [n]
▶ heavenly being
▶ celestial being
▶ celestial nymph
▶ celestial maiden



History:
2. A 2014-11-24 21:36:37  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
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1. A* 2014-11-24 04:49:52  Marcus Richert
  Refs:
splitting out
daij
http://www.welcome-nikko.com/adachi/09.html
  Comments:
I think the "celestial maiden" (which was in the original 
てんじん entry) is correct but the definitions are a bit 
confusing. 
enwiki has an entry on "Tennin" and claims 天女 and 天人 
are the same thing, a development of the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsara
(飞天 in Chinese according to wiki)
but daij don't explicitly link 天人 and 天女.
daijs for example does say: 
てんにん: "天上界に住む者。音楽を奏し、天華を降らせ、瓔珞(ようら
く)をなびかせて虚空を飛行(ひぎょう)するとされる。" but there's no 
specific mention of them being female.
daijr has "女性の天人" for 天女 
enwiki has an entry on tennin and

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