冥王星
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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冥 | 王 | 星 |
めい Grade: S |
おう Grade: 1 |
せい Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
From 冥王 (Meiō, “King of the Underworld”) + 星 (-sei, “planet”), coined by Hōei Nojiri in 1930 as a reference to Pluto, the Greco-Roman god of the underworld.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
冥王星 • (Meiōsei) ←めいわうせい (meiwausei)?
- Pluto (Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet)
- 2009 February 13 [2004 February 23], Naoko Takeuchi, “Act 32 無限6 3戦士”, in [美少女戦士](Pretty Guardian)[セーラームーン](SAILORMOON), 5th edition, volume 7 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 67:
- ——そして 冥界の星冥王星を守護にもつセーラープルート
- ——Soshite Meikai no Hoshi Meiōsei o shugo ni motsu Sērā Purūto
- —And I am Sailor Pluto, keeper of Pluto the Underworld Planet
- ——そして 冥界の星冥王星を守護にもつセーラープルート
See also
- (dwarf planets of the Solar System) 太陽系の準惑星 (Taiyōkei no junwakusei); 2007 OR10, エリス (Erisu, “Eris”), ヴァルナ (Varuna, “Varuna”), オルクス (Orukusu, “Orcus”), クワオアー (Kuwaoā, “Quaoar”), ケレス (Keresu, “Ceres”), サラキア (Sarakia, “Salacia”), セドナ (Sedona, “Sedna”), ハウメア (Haumea, “Haumea”), マケマケ (Makemake, “Makemake”), 冥王星 (Meiōsei, “Pluto”) (Category: ja:Dwarf planets of the Solar System)
- プルートー (Purūtō)
- 天王星 (Tennōsei)
- 海王星 (Kaiōsei)
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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