惑星

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惑星

Etymology

Wasei kango: a Japanese coinage based on Chinese.

Coined in 1792 by Dutch-Japanese translator Motoki Yoshinaga in his translation of Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium and its heliocentric model. Sinic compound of 惑 (waku, “to move about confusedly, to wander”) +‎ 星 (sei, “star”).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA: /wa.ku.se.e/, [ɰᵝäkɯ̥ᵝse̞ː]

Noun

惑星 (hiragana わくせい, romaji wakusei)

1. (astronomy) planet

   あの光は星じゃなくて、惑星なんですね。

   あのひかりはほしじゃなくて、わくせいなんですね。
   Ano hikari wa hoshi ja nakute, wakusei nan desu ne.

   That light there isn't a star, it's a planet.

2. (obsolete) a dark horse

   政界の惑星

   せいかいのわくせい
   seikai no wakusei

   a dark horse in the political world

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) 太陽系の惑星; 水星, 金星, 地球, 火星, 木星, 土星, 天王星, 海王星 ^{(Category: ja:Planets)}