Question: what is tenjin in japanese?
Answer: In mythology, folklore and the Shinto religion of Japan, Tenjin (天神) is the patron kami (deity) of academics, scholarship and learning, the intelligentsia. ... Ten (天) means sky and jin (神) means god or deity. The original meaning of Tenjin, sky deity, is almost the same as that of Raijin (a god of thunder).