I know how can I write angel (tenchi), but how can I write in kanji "angels"?

MeGaBiTe · (#1 (**permalink**))

So? How can I write ANGELS in japanese... Plííís

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Sashimister · (#2 (**permalink**))

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So? How can I write ANGELS in japanese... Plííís

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天使

The pronunciation is てんし, not てんち.

kokusaijin · (#3 (**permalink**))

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So? How can I write ANGELS in japanese... Plííís

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天使達

国際人

KyleGoetz · (#4 (**permalink**))

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天使達

I wouldn't write 天使たち, and it doesn't look like Sashimister (a native speaker) would, either. 天使 is fine for both singular and plural.

Sashimister · (#5 (**permalink**))

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天使達

国際人

lol You don't call yourself 国際人. Never! That's like calling yourself "celeb".

That's how others might describe you with respect and a degree of envy.

KyleGoetz · (#6 (**permalink**))

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lol You don't call yourself 国際人. Never! That's like calling yourself "celeb".

That's how others might describe you with respect and a degree of envy.

Makes me think of "International Man of Mystery." Haha!

alexlovesrock · (#7 (**permalink**))

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天使

The pronunciation is てんし, not てんち.

just as a side note its fascinating how similar chinese and japanese are when u write kanji... and how similar the characters are.... but equally fascinating how the grammar is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT... and how one is a tonal language (chinese) and one is not (japanese)......

KyleGoetz · (#8 (**permalink**))

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just as a side note its fascinating how similar chinese and japanese are when u write kanji... and how similar the characters are.... but equally fascinating how the grammar is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT... and how one is a tonal language (chinese) and one is not (japanese)......

The word for "angel" in Japanese was borrowed directly from Chinese. The relationship between the two languages is eerily similar to the English-Latin connection.

For example, rarely would someone say how fascinating "canine" is like "canis" despite the different grammars of English and Latin, because one borrowed the other.