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0 pointsreducesuffering5y ago0 comments

Not directly. Translation would be "to govern" or "gather together", but Subaru is one of the constellation's names in Japan, like it would also be called Pleiades in the West, deriving from "plein", meaning "to sail."[0]

[0]https://web.archive.org/web/20100411083646/http://www.subaru...

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fireattack5y ago· 3 in thread

I think his point is while Subaru does mean Pleiades in Japanese (actually came from Chinese), it (the name) has nothing to do with "seven sisters".

jcims5y ago

>nothing to do with "seven sisters"

I don’t see anyone claiming that Subaru means seven sisters. It’s just another name for the same constellation.

dannyw5y ago

I don't follow. The logo literally has six stars, which is the subject of what we are discussing here.

jeofken5y ago

They’ve identified the same stars, but do the Han or Korean or Japanese have a story about 7 sisters?

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