水瓶座 – Aquarius: The Western Zodiac in Japanese
The eleventh astrological symbol of the Western Zodiac is Aquarius. This is the sign for people’s birthdays between around January 20 to around February 18. Let’s take a look at what to call this sign in Japanese.
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What is Aquarius Japanese?
The word for Aquarius in Japanese is 水瓶座. We can split this word into 水瓶 and 座. First, 座 is a suffix added after the names of words in the zodiac or after constellations. 水瓶 would be a jar or jug for water.
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水瓶座 is the common way to refer to Aquarius in Japanese. However, there is also another word for Aquarius in Japanese. That is 宝瓶宮 and this is the more formal name for Aquarius. 宝瓶 basically the same as 水瓶 but a more elegant way to say it. Since here, 宝 is the Kanji for treasure.
