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The 'Universe' wikipedia page in Japanese is this: "宇宙" https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%87%E5%AE%99 https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%87%E5%AE%99 "宇宙"
by npteljes 2y ago
The 'Universe' wikipedia page in Japanese is this: "宇宙"
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%87%E5%AE%99 https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%87%E5%AE%99
"宇宙" seems to be pronounced "Uchū" by google translate. So uchu seems to very much translate to "universe". Maybe it's just not as fashionable to use in a documentary?
I can't comment on universe vs universal.
- xanderlewis 2y agoI already pointed this out above. It translates to ‘universe’ as in ‘space’ but not really ‘universe’ in the sense of ‘universal’. Anyway… this business of translating individual words is basically nonsense.
- euamotubaina 2y agoIn practice, language has no bounds or rules. You can literally name anything you want with any name you feel appropriate. This cultural gatekeeping is so pedantic