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天才 (てんさい): a genius — Japanese vocabulary

天才 is read てんさい and means "a genius". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

天才

Reading
てんさい · tensai
Translation
a genius
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
てんさいが

Example

彼はなんという天才なんだろう。

かれはなんというてんさいなんだろう。

What a genius he is!

Kanji in this word

  • 天 — heaven, sky
  • 才 — talent, age

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