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Let's talk about astronomy and more specifically solar system and planets names in a first time.
Every planet get the kanji 「星」 added to her name which means “star”.
Some of the names refer to mythological Gods&Kings, some other to universe elements.
Kanji | Hiragana | romaji (with explanation) | Roman name |
---|---|---|---|
太陽 | たいよう | Taiyou | The Sun |
水星 | すいせい | Suisei (litt. Water Planet) | Mercury |
金星 | きんせい | Kinsei (litt. Metal planet) | Venus |
地球 | ちきゅう | Chikyuu (litt. terrestrial globe). | Earth |
木星 | もくせい | Mokusei (litt. Wooden planet) | Jupiter |
土星 | どせい | Dosei (litt. Soil planet) | Saturn |
天王星 | てんのうせい | Tennousei (litt. planet of the King of Heaven) | Uranus |
海王星 | かいおうせい | Kaiousei (litt. planet of the King of the Seas) | Neptune |
冥王星 | めいおうせい | Meiousei (Planet of the King of Shadow) | Pluto |
星 | ほし | Hoshi | Star |
惑星 | わくせい | Wakusei | Planet |
惑星間 | わくせいかん | Wakuseikan | Interplanetary |