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jmdict 1440400 Active (id: 1906696)
天命 [news2,nf32]
【 てんめい [news2,nf32] 】
1. [n]
▶ God's will
▶ heaven's decree
▶ mandate of Heaven
▶ fate
▶ karma
▶ destiny
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2852893 受命【じゅめい】 2. receiving a mandate from heaven and becoming an emperor (in China)
2. [n]
▶ one's life
▶ one's lifespan



History:
4. A 2014-11-24 21:41:23  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
gg5
  Diff: 
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>mandate of Heaven</gloss>
3. A* 2014-11-24 04:29:45  Marcus Richert
  Refs: 
新和英中辞典 has "【形式ばった表現】 a mandate from Heaven" as 
part of its first sense
and jawiki has this article linked with the English 
"Mandate of heaven"
should it be included in sense 1? Or be a separate sense?
2. A 2011-08-30 05:07:35  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2011-08-30 05:04:57  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
gg5, koj, daij, etc.
  Comments: 
splitting senses
  Diff: 
@@ -17,0 +17,2 @@
+<gloss>heaven's decree</gloss>
+<gloss>fate</gloss>
@@ -19,1 +21,3 @@
-<gloss>Heaven's decree</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -21,0 +25,1 @@
+<gloss>one's lifespan</gloss>

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