Word Meaning 銀河

ぎんが ginga

銀河 is read as ぎんが (ginga) and means Milky Way.

Meaning

English

  1. Milky Way
  2. galaxy

Reading

Kana

ぎんが

Romaji

ginga

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 4312 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

銀河団

ぎんがだん

cluster of galaxies

銀河赤道

ぎんがせきどう

galactic equator

銀河鉄道の夜

ぎんがてつどうのよる

Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa)

銀河群

ぎんがぐん

group of galaxies

活動銀河

かつどうぎんが

active galaxy

天の川銀河

あまのがわぎんが

Milky Way galaxy

不規則銀河

ふきそくぎんが

irregular galaxy

電波銀河

でんぱぎんが

radio galaxy

Example Sentences

10

The Andromeda Galaxy is my home.

We live in a galaxy.

There are many galaxies in the universe.

I live in the Andromeda Galaxy.

There are myriads of stars in the Milky Way.

Astronomers inferred the existence of a local supercluster.

Hanako's favorite anime is "Night on the Galactic Railroad".

The universe contains all of the galaxies, stars, and planets.

There are many, many planets in the Milky Way which are just as big as Jupiter.

You know nothing about the Andromeda galaxy.