土 星(どせい)

どせい

noun

Saturn

1. Saturn

The sixth planet from the Sun, known for its prominent ring system. Named after the element earth (土) in the Chinese five-element system used for naming planets.

土星(どせい)には美(うつく)しい輪(わ)がある。

Saturn has beautiful rings.

望遠鏡(ぼうえんきょう)で土星(どせい)の輪(わ)を観察(かんさつ)した。

I observed Saturn's rings through a telescope.

土星(どせい)は太陽(たいよう)から六番目(ろくばんめ)に近(ちか)い惑星(わくせい)で、ガスでできている。

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and is made of gas.

NAMING:
Japanese planet names use the Chinese five-element system: 水(すい) (water) = Mercury, 金(きん) (metal) = Venus, 火(か) (fire) = Mars, 木(もく) (wood) = Jupiter, 土(ど) (earth) = Saturn. Saturday (土曜日(どようび)) is also associated with Saturn, paralleling the English naming.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

土星(どせい)の輪(わ) (Saturn's rings)
土星(どせい)の衛星(えいせい) (Saturn's moons)
土星(どせい)探査機(たんさき) (Saturn probe)

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