Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 天笑, 天良, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. AH-MAH-ṘAH [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "sky, heaven" combined with 笑 (ra) meaning "to laugh, to smile" or 良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.