Talk:Sakata Kintoki/@comment-101.99.3.176-20170317193446/@comment-24941494-20170321212418

@Hitsuji Mamoru I'm both the anon and the guy who made the edit. I'm not sure what's the best way to add a footnote or something similar for the explanation though, so I will have to leave it to you. ;)

金星 when read as Kinsei has the meaning of Venus the planet, but when its characters are taken apart and understood separately, we have 金 (gold) + 星 (star) to become the compound word Kinboshi, which literally means a Gold star. Obviously it's an allusion to Kintoki's general fondness for anything gold.

To be honest, I think the wiktionary explained it way better than I did, so please reference it as well if you find necessary.