Japanese Skill:Space

Space
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Space is the 107th skill (assuming read left to right) in the Japanese language course. It has 3 lessons.

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Lessons

Lesson 1

• 惑星 (wa-ku-sei) = planet
• 宇宙 (u-chū) = space
• 火星 (ka-sei) = Mars
• 天文学者 (tem-mon-ga-ku-sha) = astronomer
• 天文学 (tem-mon-ga-ku) = astronomy
• 天文学者は地球が動いていると主張した。(tem-mon-ga-ku-sha-wa-chi-kyū-ga-u-goi-te-i-ru-to-shu-chō-shi-ta) = The astronomer claimed that the earth moves. [also, '...astronomer argued that ...']
• 宇宙には多くの星が存在する。(u-chū-ni-wa-ō-ku-no-ho-shi-ga-son-zai-su-ru) = Many stars exist in the universe.
• 惑星は星の周りを回ります。(wa-ku-sei-wa-ho-shi-no-ma-wa-ri-wo-ma-wa-ri-ma-su) = Planets revolve around stars.
• 火星に水は存在するのだろうか。(ka-sei-ni-mi-zu-wa-son-zai-su-ru-no-da-rō-ka) = I wonder if water exists on Mars.

Lesson 2

• 無限 (mu-gen) = infinite / unlimited [無限月読(むげんつくようみ) means 'Infinite Tsukuyōmi']
• 我々の時間は無限ではない。(wa-re-wa-re-no-ji-kan-wa-mu-gen-de-wa-nai) = Our time is not unlimited.
• 愛は無限です。(ai-wa-mu-gen-de-su) = Love is boundless.
• 君には無限の可能性がある。(ki-mi-ni-wa-mu-gen-no-ka-nō-sei-ga-a-ru) = You have unlimited possibilities.
• 宇宙を探検しよう。(u-chū-wo-tan-ken-shi-yō) = Let's explore the universe.
• 探検家 (tan-ken-ka) = explorer
• 宇宙飛行士 (u-chū-hi-kō-shi) = astronaut
• 太陽系 (tai-yō-kei) = solar system
• 宇宙飛行士たちは太陽系を探検している。(u-chū-hi-kō-shi-ta-chi-wa-tai-yō-kei-wo-tan-ken-shi-te-i-ru) = Astronauts are exploring the solar system.
• 火星は太陽系の四番目の惑星だ。(ka-sei-wa-tai-yō-kei-no-yom-ban-me-no-wa-ku-sei-da) = Mars is the fourth planet in the solar system.
• 私の夢は宇宙飛行士になって火星に行くことです。(wa-ta-shi-no-yu-me-wa-u-chū-hi-kō-shi-ni-na-tte-ka-sei-ni-i-ku-ko-to-de-su) = My dream is to become an astronaut and go to Mars. [Think of having a comma between 'て' and '火星', so the grammar of joining two clauses applies.]

Lesson 3

• 宇宙船 (u-chō-sen) = spaceship ("space ship")
• 重力 (jū-ryo-ku) = gravity ("power of heaviness / heavy power / heavy's power")
• 月の重力は地球の六分の一である。(tsu-ki-no-jū-ryo-ku-wa-chi-kyū-no-ro-ppun-no-hi-to-tsu-de-a-ru) = The moon's gravity is one-sixth of the earth's.
• 重力は自然の四つの力の一つである。(jū-ryo-ku-wa-shi-zen-no-yo-ttsu-no-chi-ka-ra-no-hi-to-tsu-de-a-ru) = Gravity is one of the four forces of nature.
• 無重力 (mu-jū-ryo-ku) = zero-gravity ("free from weight's power")
• 実験は無重力の環境で行なわれた。(ji-kken-wa-mu-jū-ryo-ku-no-kan-kyō-de-o-ko-na-wa-re-ta) = The experiment was conducted in a zero gravity environment.
• ロケット (ro-ke-tto) = rocket
• 政府はロケットを発射した。(sei-fu-wa-ro-ke-tto-wo-hash-sha-shi-ta) = The government fired a rocket.
• らは空にロケットを発射した。(ra-wa-ka-ra-ni-ro-ke-tto-wo-hash-sha-shi-ta) = They fired a rocket into the sky.
• 発射台 (hash-sha-dai) = launch pad
• ...を打ち上げた (...-wo-u-chi-a-ge-ta) = I launched ... .
• 政府は宇宙船を宇宙に打ち上げた。(sei-fu-wa-u-chū-sen-wo-u-chū-ni-u-chi-a-ge-ta) = The government launched a spaceship into space.
• 宇宙船は宇宙に打ち上げられた。(u-chū-sen-wa-u-chū-ni-u-chi-a-ge-ra-re-ta) = The spaceship was launched into space.