天賦(てんぷ)

てんぷ
noun
innate talent, natural gift
formalabstract
1. innate talent, natural gift
An ability or quality given by nature or heaven rather than acquired through effort. Literary, most often seen in the fixed phrase 天賦(てんぷ)の才(さい).
天賦(てんぷ)の才(さい)。
A natural-born talent.
彼(かれ)には音楽(おんがく)の天賦(てんぷ)がある。
He has a natural gift for music.
努力(どりょく)だけでなく天賦(てんぷ)の才能(さいのう)も成功(せいこう)の理由(りゆう)だった。
Not just hard work but also natural talent was a reason for his success.

天賦(てんぷ) literally means "bestowed by heaven" (天(てん) heaven + 賦(ふ) bestow); it almost always appears as 天賦(てんぷ)の才(さい) or 天賦(てんぷ)の才能(さいのう), "a heaven-given talent."

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 才能(さいのう): talent, ability in general — the everyday word
  • 天賦(てんぷ): talent framed as a gift from heaven — more literary, used to emphasize that it was never learned

Related Words

Related: 才能(さいのう) (talent, ability)
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