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惑星 (わくせい, wakusei) Japanese meaning: planet | Kotomora
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Earth is a planet that orbits the Sun.
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 の 周まわ りを 回まわ る (a planet) orbits around a star
Earth is a planet that orbits around the sun.
〈 人ひと 〉 がこの 大たい 会かい の 惑わく 星せい だ someone is the dark horse of a competition or contest
新あたら しい 惑わく 星せい を 発はっ 見けん する to discover a new planet
Kanji 惑 beguile, delusion, perplexity Related words 台風の目 is the everyday idiom for a surprise center-of-attention figure, while 惑星 in this figurative sense is more literary or journalistic.
惑星 specifically means 'planet', a subtype of 天体, which is the broader scientific term for any object in space.
Don't confuse with 恒星 is a star that generates its own light, while 惑星 is a planet that orbits such a star and shines only by reflection.
衛星 is a moon or satellite that orbits a 惑星, not the planet itself.
惑星 specifically means 'planet', a body that orbits a star, whereas 星 broadly covers stars and other celestial objects and doesn't distinguish planets.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 惑, associated with wandering or uncertainty, and 星, 'star'. The literal idea is a 'wandering star', reflecting the way planets appear to move against the fixed stars.
An unknown newcomer is being talked about as the dark horse of this competition.
The astronomers discovered a new planet outside the solar system.
惑星 means a full-sized planet like Earth or Mars, while 小惑星 refers to a much smaller rocky body orbiting the sun, mainly in the asteroid belt.
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