天皇

• 読み: てんのう
• ローマ字: tennō
• 漢字の分解: 天 (ten/ama) — heaven, sky, celestial; 皇 (ō/kō) — emperor, sovereign
• 発音: /teɴ.noː/

意味

Emperor of Japan. The constitutional monarch and head of state of Japan, occupying the highest position in the Imperial Family.

Under the postwar Constitution of Japan (1947), the 天皇 is defined as the symbol of the State and of the unity of the People (第一条). The Emperor has no political power and acts only on matters of state as stipulated by the Constitution, with the advice of the Cabinet. The current Emperor is Naruhito (徳仁), who ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne in 2019, inaugurating the Reiwa (令和) era.

例文

1. 日本国憲法において天皇は国と国民統合の象徴と定められている。
2. 天皇は国事行為として国会を召集し、法律を公布する。
3. 令和の時代を迎え、新天皇が即位された。

使い方ガイド

場面: politics, imperial institution, history, constitutional law

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 天 (heaven, sky, the celestial) and 皇 (emperor, sovereign). The term positions the Japanese emperor as a heavenly sovereign, reflecting the traditional belief in imperial divine descent.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal