天才

てんさい

a genius

What does 天才 mean?

天才 is a Japanese noun meaning a genius in English. It is written as 天才 in kanji, てんさい in hiragana, and tensai in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

私たちは彼を天才だと思った。

We thought of him as a genius.