Japanese

Noun

天変地異 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 天變地異, hiragana てんぺんちい, romaji tenpenchii)

1. (idiomatic) an extraordinary natural occurrence: a catastrophe, a calamity

   天変地異 (てんぺんちい)が起 (お)きた。

   Tenpenchī ga okita.

   An earth-shattering incident occurred.

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3