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金星 (きんせい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

金きん星せい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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noun

astronomy

Astronomical term for the planet Venus. Also used in general contexts such as news or education.

金きん星せいは地ち球きゅうのすぐ内うち側がわを回まわっている惑わく星せいだ。
Venus is the planet that orbits just inside Earth.

明あけ方がたの空そらに金きん星せいがひときわ明あかるく輝かがやいていた。

Venus shone especially brightly in the dawn sky.

Kanji

金gold
星star, spot, dot

Similar words

水すい星せい
Mercury, the closest planet to the sun.
火か星せい
Mars, the red planet.
木もく星せい
Jupiter, the largest planet.
土ど星せい
Saturn, known for its rings.

Etymology

From 金 (kin, 'metal, gold') + 星 (sei, 'star, celestial body'), a calque of the Western astronomical name Venus, associated with the metal element in traditional Chinese five-element cosmology.