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Meaning of 衛星 in Japanese
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衛星JLPT 3
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Kana Readingえいせい
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Romajieisei
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
- Meaning
- satellite
- Example sentence
- 木星の周辺を回っているもっと小さな惑星を見てケプラーは、外出中の王の回りを取り囲む護衛を思いだしたので、それを衛星と名付けたのだ。 The smaller planets hovering around the planet Jupiter reminded him of the guards surrounding a king when he walked outdoors, and Kepler called them satellites.
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Examples of 衛星, えいせい in a sentence
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木星の周辺を回っているもっと小さな惑星を見てケプラーは、外出中の王の回りを取り囲む護衛を思いだしたので、それを衛星と名付けたのだ。
The smaller planets hovering around the planet Jupiter reminded him of the guards surrounding a king when he walked outdoors, and Kepler called them satellites.
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How many satellites have been put into orbit round the earth?
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人工地球衛星の打ち上げは、普通宇宙探求のために行われるものと見なされている。
The launching of artificial earth satellites is commonly looked upon as an exploration of space.
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Later the personal guards of kings were called satellites.
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古代ローマでは、金持ちの有力者が街を歩く時に彼らの周りを護衛したボディガードが衛星と呼ばれた。
In ancient Rome, the bodyguards who surrounded the wealthy and powerful to protect them when they walked the streets, were called satellites.
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The moon is the Earth's satellite.