Japanese symbol for “fateful”
天下分け目
てんかわけめ
Romaji: tenkawakeme
fateful; decisive (e.g. war)
In Japanese, fateful is 天下分け目, read てんかわけめ (tenkawakeme).
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Meanings
- adj-no fateful; decisive (e.g. war)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “fateful”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宿命的 | しゅくめいてき shukumeiteki | fateful; predestined |
| 運命的 | うんめいてき unmeiteki | destined; predestined; fated |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天皇 | てんのう tennou | Emperor of Japan |
| 天気 | てんき tenki | weather |
| 天才 | てんさい tensai | genius; prodigy; natural gift |
| 天然 | てんねん tennen | nature; spontaneity |
| 天国 | てんごく tengoku | paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven |
| 天井 | てんじょう tenjou | ceiling |
| 以下 | いか ika | not exceeding ...; not more than ...; ... and under |
| 地下 | ちか chika | underground; below the ground |
| 自分 | じぶん jibun | myself; yourself; oneself |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.