渦巻銀河

Japanese

Kanji in this term
渦 巻 銀 河
うず
Grade: S 		ま(き)
Grade: 6 		ぎん
Grade: 3 		か > が
Grade: 5
kun'yomi kan'on
Alternative spellings
渦卷銀河 (kyūjitai)
渦巻き銀河
うずまき銀河
渦まき銀河

Etymology

Compound of 渦巻 (uzumaki, “spiral”) +‎ 銀河 (ginga, “galaxy”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うずまきぎんが [ùzúmákí gíꜜǹgà] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟zɨma̠kʲi ɡʲĩŋɡa̠]

Noun

渦(うず)巻(まき)銀(ぎん)河(が) • (uzumaki ginga) ←うづまきぎんが (udumaki ginga)?

  1. (astronomy) a spiral galaxy
    Synonym: 渦状銀河 (kajō ginga)

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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