North America will see a solar eclipse today, April 8, 2024. I found some [Eclipse Day vocab](https://nihononthego.tumblr.com/post/164464082012/eclipse-vocabulary/amp) and wanted to share it for anyone else interested.
太陽 (たいよう、taiyou) – sun
月 (つき、tsuki) – moon
地球 (ちきゅう、chikyuu) – earth
光球 (こうきゅう、koukyuu) – photosphere (bright, visible surface of the sun)
食年 (しょくねん、shokunen) – eclipse year
金環食 (きんかんしょく、kinkanshoku) – annular (solar) eclipse
食の季節 (しょくのきせつ、shoku no kisetsu) – eclipse season
食 (しょく、shoku) – eclipse
日食 (にっしょく、nisshoku) – solar eclipse
月食 (げっしょく、gesshoku) – lunar eclipse
皆既 (かいき、kaiki) – totality, where the sun is covered by the moon (solar eclipse) or the moon is in the earth’s shadow (lunar eclipse)
皆既食 (かいきしょく、kaikishoku) – total eclipse
部分食 (ぶぶんしょく、bubunshoku) – partial eclipse
To be more specific, the previous two can also become 皆既日食 (total solar eclipse), 皆既月食 (total lunar eclipse), 部分日食 (partial solar eclipse), 部分月食 (partial lunar eclipse).
隠す (かくす、kakusu) – to hide
皆既帯 (かいきおび、kaikiobi) – path of totality (the path the moon’s shadow travels the earth during an eclipse).
光環 (こうかん、koukan) – corona
軌道 (きどう、kidou) – orbit
本影 (ほんえい、hon’ei) – umbra (a complete shadow)
半影 (はんえい、han’ei) – penumbra (part of a shadow)
疑本影 (ぎほんえい、gihon’ei) – antumbra (part of the moon’s shadow that extends beyond umbra)
by EvilChoppedWalnuts