天草: A city in Kumamoto Prefecture

天の川: the Milky Way

a type of administrative district, including 43 of the 47 prefectures of modern Japan, Chinese counties, French departments, etc.

Alternative form of 賢 (“wise; intelligent; clever”)

(folklore) the Milky Way (where Orihime could meet Hikoboshi on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month) / (astronomy) Synonym of 銀河系 (Gingakei, “Milky Way”)

Alternative spelling of 天の川

licorice

(obsolete) licorice

descent to earth from heaven / the entity making such a visit: an avatar

Alternative spelling of 天下り: descent to earth from heaven; an avatar; in Japan's postwar period, the practice of awarding a high-level bureaucrat with a high-paying job after retirement (also spelled 天下り): a kind of revolving door syndrome