Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 1
わく
Grade: S
せい
Grade: 2
on'yomi goon kan'on
 小惑星 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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From (shō-, small; little) +‎ 惑星 (wakusei, planet).[1] Compare Chinese 小行星 (xiǎoxíngxīng), Korean 소행성 (sohaengseong), Vietnamese tiểu hành tinh.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しょう)(わく)(せい) (shōwakuseiせうわくせい (seuwakusei)?

  1. (astronomy) an asteroid

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN