惑星
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Japanese [edit]
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| 惑 | 星 |
Etymology [edit]
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 [edit]
Noun [edit]
惑星 (hiragana わくせい, romaji wakusei)
- (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.
- あのひかりはほしじゃなくて、わくせいなんですね。
- あの光は星じゃなくて、惑星なんですね。
- (obsolete) a dark horse