小天休

[torgosaves]

I looked this up at Jim Breen's place, but I gots nutin'. Does it mean a "small heavenly vacation" hehe. Probably not. I'd like to know. Thanks

[Kates]

I used the "translate words in Japanese text" option at Jim's site and got:
Shouten (given name),
Oama (place name; surname), and
Koama (surname) for 小天.
Perhaps that will help you.

[sa]

おそらく読み間違えかと・・・・
それが「小天体（しょうてんたい）」なら僕の知ってる日本語です。
小さな天体のことですね。

http://www.cgh.ed.jp/TNPJP/nineplanets/
http://www.planetary.or.jp/

ついでに・・・・すこし前に「天体観測（てんたいかんそく）」してたのは"bump of chicken"
最近の彼らは「プラネタリウム　planetarium」を見ているらしい。;)

[torgosaves]

おお、ごめんなさい。 It should have been　小天体. Which apparently means small heavenly body (although it seems to be an abbreviation, I think). I found it on wikipedia japan, while looking up the solar system (太陽系). And I'm like, "what's this, I know these kanji, but I don't know this word, huh?" So thank you both for your assistance. I've been a fool. thank you.


One more thing! Are 小さい and　小さな both acceptable. Is this adj. both (i) and (na). eh?

[Kates]

Well gee, make me look stupid. T___T Thanks for being smarter than me, sa-san. ^_^

Yes, torgo, both OOKII and CHIISAI can be used in a na-adjective kind of way. I think there might be a rule or two about it, though.
大きい　⇒　大きな
小さい　⇒　小さな