非理法権天

Reading

Kana: ひりほうけんてん
Romaji: hirihoukenten
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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right triumphs over wrong, law triumphs over right, power triumphs over law, heaven triumphs over power; no man can oppose the divine

Note: banner used by 14th century samurai Kusunoki Masashige
Note: proverb

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 あら.ず
Meanings: un-, mistake, negative, injustice, non-
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: ホウ、 ハッ、 ホッ、 フラン、 のり
Meanings: method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Readings: ケン、 ゴン、 おもり、 かり、 はか.る
Meanings: authority, power, rights
Readings: テン、 あまつ、 あめ、 あま-
Meanings: heavens, sky, imperial