木星(もくせい)

もくせい
noun
Jupiter (planet)
1. Jupiter (the planet)
The fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the solar system. Named after the element wood in the Chinese five-element system.
木星(もくせい)は太陽系(たいようけい)最大(さいだい)の惑星(わくせい)だ。
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.
望遠鏡(ぼうえんきょう)で木星(もくせい)の縞模様(しまもよう)が見(み)えた。
I could see Jupiter's banded pattern through the telescope.
木星(もくせい)には八十(はちじゅう)を超(こ)える衛星(えいせい)があり、その中(なか)でもガニメデは太陽系(たいようけい)最大(さいだい)の衛星(えいせい)だ。
Jupiter has more than eighty moons, and among them Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system.

ETYMOLOGY:
The Japanese names for the five classical planets come from the Chinese five-element system (五行(ごぎょう)): 木(もく) (wood), 火(か) (fire), 土(ど) (earth), 金(きん) (metal), 水(すい) (water). 木星(もくせい) is literally "wood star."

RELATED PLANET NAMES:

  • 水星(すいせい): Mercury
  • 金星(きんせい): Venus
  • 火星(かせい): Mars
  • 土星(どせい): Saturn

NOTE: This is a homophone of 木製(もくせい) (wooden, made of wood).

Related Words

Homophone: 木製(もくせい) (wooden)
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