惑星
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惑星 (wakusei): a collection of planets.
Chinese
| confuse | star; satellite; small amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (惑星) |
惑 | 星 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
惑星
- (astronomy, obsolete) Synonym of 行星 (xíngxīng, “planet”) (Classifier: 顆／颗 m)
- 據此推之，當必有以彈為車之一日。及爾時，則諸惑星與地球上通信之法，甚易處置了。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1903, Jules Verne, translated by 魯迅 [Lu Xun], 《月界旅行》 , chapter 8
- Jù cǐ tuī zhī, dāng bì yǒu yǐ dàn wéi chē zhī yī rì. Jí ěrshí, zé zhū huòxīng yǔ dìqiú shàng tōngxìn zhī fǎ, shèn yì chǔzhì le.
- Well, the projectile is the vehicle of the future, and the planets themselves are nothing else!
If you extrapolate based on this, there must be a day when the projectile is a vehicle. At that time, transportation between the planets and earth will be very easy to deal with.
据此推之，当必有以弹为车之一日。及尔时，则诸惑星与地球上通信之法，甚易处置了。 [MSC, simp.]- 我們地球本身是一顆惑星，用極快的速度在天空裡行動；如在中途遇着這樣的事變，也是說不定的。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1924 June 25, Camille Flammarion, translated by 山木, 《世界如何終局》 , chapter 1, in 《晨报副鎸》, issue 145, page 3
- Wǒmen dìqiú běnshēn shì yī kē huòxīng, yòng jí kuài de sùdù zài tiānkōng lǐ xíngdòng; rú zài zhōngtú yù zháo zhèyàng de shìbiàn, yě shì shuōbùdìng de.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
我们地球本身是一颗惑星，用极快的速度在天空里行动；如在中途遇着这样的事变，也是说不定的。 [MSC, simp.]
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 惑 | 星 |
| わく Grade: S |
せい Grade: 2 |
| goon | kan’on |
Etymology
Wasei kango: Calque of Dutch dwaalster (literally “wander star”), composed as a compound of 惑 (waku, “to move about confusedly, to wander”) + 星 (sei, “star”).
Coined in 1792 by Dutch-Japanese translator 本木良永 (Motoki Yoshinaga) in his 太陽窮理了解説 (Taiyō Kyūri Ryōkai Setsu, “Theory of Understanding on the Natural Study of the Sun”), a translation of Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium and its heliocentric model.
Also cited in the 1805 work 和蘭通舶 (Oranda Tsūhaku, “Holland Liner”) by 司馬江漢 (Shiba Kōkan).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (astronomy) planet
- (archaic) a dark horse
- Synonym: ダークホース (dāku hōsu)
- 政界の惑星
- seikai no wakusei
- a dark horse in the political world
See also
- The template Template:list:planets of the Solar System/ja does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.(planets of the Solar System) 太陽系の惑星 (Taiyōkei no wakusei); 水星 (Suisei, “Mercury”), 金星 (Kinsei, “Venus”), 地球 (Chikyū, “Earth”), 火星 (Kasei, “Mars”), 木星 (Mokusei, “Jupiter”), 土星 (Dosei, “Saturn”), 天王星 (Tennōsei, “Uranus”), 海王星 (Kaiōsei, “Neptune”) (Category: ja:Planets of the Solar System)
References
- ^ 2017, 廣瀬匠 (Hirose, Shō), 『天文の世界史』 (Temmon no Sekai-shi, "World History of Astronomy"), page 29, Shueisha, Tokyo, →ISBN
- ^ “惑星”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 惑 | 星 |