Sun

"Sun" in Japanese

ザ・サン

Za-San

(newspaper)

太陽

taiyō

(the star around which the Earth revolves — see also Sun)

太陽

taiyō

(star)

hi

(the star around which the Earth revolves — see also Sun)

夜明け

yoake

(sunrise or sunset)

太陽

taiyō

(a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system)

太陽光

taiyō-kō

(light and warmth received from the sun)

太陽熱

taiyō-netsu

(light and warmth received from the sun)

恒星

kōsei

(a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system)

hi

(a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system)

nichi

(Sunday)

日の入

hi no iri

(sunrise or sunset)

日の出

hi no de

(sunrise or sunset)

日光

nikkō

(light and warmth received from the sun)

日曜

nichiyō

(Sunday)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.