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超新星

超新星

Chinese

 
to exceed; overtake; surpass; transcend; ultra-; super-; to pass; to cross
nova
simp. and trad.
(超新星)
新星

Noun

超新星

  1. supernova

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: S
しん
Grade: 2
せい
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

(super-) + 新星 (nova)

Noun

超新星 (hiragana ちょうしんせい, romaji chōshinsei)

  1. (astronomy) supernova

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.