Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Astronomy

Let's talk about astronomy and more specifically solar system and planets names in a first time.

Every planet get the kanji 「星」 added to her name which means “star”.

Some of the names refer to mythological Gods&Kings_, some other to universe elements.

Kanji	Hiragana	romaji (with explanation)	Roman name
太陽	たいよう	Taiyou	The Sun
水星	すいせい	Suisei (litt. Water Planet)	Mercury
金星	きんせい	Kinsei (litt. Metal planet)	Venus
地球	ちきゅう	Chikyuu (litt. terrestrial globe).	Earth
木星	もくせい	Mokusei (litt. Wooden planet)	Jupiter
土星	どせい	Dosei (litt. Soil planet)	Saturn
天王星	てんのうせい	Tennousei (litt. planet of the King of Heaven)	Uranus
海王星	かいおうせい	Kaiousei (litt. planet of the King of the Seas)	Neptune
冥王星	めいおうせい	Meiousei (Planet of the King of Shadow)	Pluto
星	ほし	Hoshi	Star
惑星	わくせい	Wakusei	Planet
惑星間	わくせいかん	Wakuseikan	Interplanetary }