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Where does “天変地異” come from?

天変地異 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 天変 — a bad change or abnormality in the heavens.

天変地異 (Japanese): an extraordinary natural occurrence: a...

Definitions

  1. an extraordinary natural occurrence: a...

Ancestry of “天変地異”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese天変a bad change or abnormality in the heavens
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