銀河団

Japanese

Kanji in this term
銀	河	団
ぎん Grade: 3	が Grade: 5	だん Grade: 5
kan’on	goon

Alternative spelling
銀河團 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

銀河 (ginga, “galaxy”) +‎ 団 (dan, “team”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎんが​だん [gìńgáꜜdàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲĩŋɡa̠dã̠ɴ]

Noun

銀(ぎん)河(が)団(だん) • (gingadan) 

1. (astronomy) galaxy cluster
   • 2002 September 30 [1996 September 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, のび太(た)と銀(ぎん)河(が)超特急(エクスプレス) (のび太(た)と銀(ぎん)河(が)超特急(エクスプレス)) [Nobita and the Galaxy Express] (大長編ドラえもん; 16), 20th edition, volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 40:

     無(む)数(すう)の銀(ぎん)河(が)団(だん)が大(だい)宇(う)宙(ちゅう)のすみずみにまでちらばっています。

     Musū no gingadan ga daiuchū no sumizumi ni made chirabatteimasu.

     Countless galaxy clusters scatter across every corner in the cosmos.

Derived terms

• 超銀河団(ちょうぎんがだん) (chōgingadan)