天分

• 読み: てんぶん
• ローマ字: tenbun
• 漢字の分解: 天 (ten/ama) — heaven; 分 (bun/waka) — share, portion, allotment
• 発音: /tem.bɯŋ/

意味

Natural talent; gift; innate ability. A capacity or aptitude that one is born with rather than developed through training.

A formal noun emphasising the inborn nature of a talent. Slightly more elevated in register than 才能 (talent), with 天 (heaven) implying the gift was bestowed from above. Often used in literary and evaluative contexts to describe artists, musicians, or leaders whose abilities seem to exceed what hard work alone could produce.

例文

1. 音楽の天分に恵まれた子どもが育つ環境を整える必要がある。
2. 彼には指導者としての天分が備わっていた。
3. 努力だけでなく、天分の差が結果に影響することもある。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, arts, biography

トーン: admiring

起源と歴史

Sino-Japanese compound of 天 (heaven) and 分 (share, portion). The idea is that heaven has allotted each person a portion of ability — some receive more than others.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Intellectual