銀河系

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See also: 银河系

Chinese

Milky Way
be; system; to tie
be; system; to tie; department; faculty
 
trad. (銀河系) 銀河
simp. (银河系) 银河

Pronunciation


Proper noun

銀河系

  1. (astronomy) the Milky Way (galaxy)
    Synonym: 高河 (gāohé) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぎん
Grade: 3
か > が
Grade: 5
けい
Grade: 6
kan'on
 銀河系 on Japanese Wikipedia
銀河系 (Gingakei)

Etymology

銀河 (Ginga; ginga, Milky Way; Galaxy; galaxy) +‎ (-kei, system)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

(ぎん)()(けい) (Gingakei

  1. (astronomy) the Milky Way
    Synonyms: 銀河 (Ginga), 銀漢 (Ginkan), 天漢 (Tenkan), 天河 (Tenga), 天の川 (Amanogawa), 天の川銀河 (Amanogawa Ginga)
    • 1999 October 17, “()()(げん)からの(しん)(りゃく)(しゃ) [Invader from a Different Dimension]”, in Booster 5, Konami:
      (ぎん)()(けい)(そと)から()(きゅう)にやってきた()(ちゅう)(じん)
      Gingakei no soto kara Chikyū ni yattekita uchūjin.
      An alien that came to Earth from outside the Milky Way.