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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

金星

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kinsei

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Venus/ˈviː.nəs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"金星は夜空で最も明るく輝く星の一つです。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The second planet from the Sun, which is the brightest natural object in the night sky after the Moon.

    "Venus is often referred to as the morning star or the evening star."
  2. 2

    The ancient Roman goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and prosperity.

    "Classical Renaissance art frequently depicted the birth of Venus rising from the sea foam."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin noun Venus, meaning 'love, sexual desire, or charm', personified as the ancient Roman goddess of love and beauty. In astronomical and scientific contexts, the name was assigned to the second planet from the Sun due to its brilliant, beautiful appearance in the morning and evening sky.

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