I can't translate 天吼 Context: Mecha anime soundtrack. I know that is akin to "heavenly," but I've never seen before, and I can't find a translation -- or even another use in Japanese -- online at all. In traditional Chinese it means "roar," and all-in-all that makes some contextual sense, but I'm not comfortable just mashing the two together like that. Is this actually a Chinese title in the middle of a Japanese soundtrack, or is this a kanji I need to be educated on?

means something along the lines of **cry** or **roar**. So think of it as a noise like .

* = to bark, to howl
* = a howl, cry (alternative to )
* = lion’s roar
* = Howler Monkey
* = a bark, a howl



So I guess it’s a term that’s made up for an anime or game. You said it was used in a song? It sometimes happens they coin new words in those (especially in anime and game related music). For the pronunciation you’d have to listen to the song though. If I had to make a guess, it would be ****.

The meaning, however, is straightforward: **heavenly roar**.

edited: provided more examples.