Vocab Info

N4 Noun

(ほし)star, any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon), offender, perpetrator (police slang)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun

      1.

      star (usu. excluding the Sun), planet (usu. excluding Earth), heavenly body

    2. Noun

      2.

      star (glyph, symbol, shape), asterisk

    3. Noun

      3.

      star (actor, player, etc.)

    4. Noun

      4.

      dot, spot, fleck

    5. Noun

      5.

      bullseye

    6. Noun

      6.

    7. Noun

      7.

      one's star (that determines one's fate), one's fortune

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    8. Noun

      8.

      point, score

      Sumo
    9. Noun

      9.

      star point (intersection marked with a dot), hoshi

      Go (Game)
    10. Noun

      10.

      (pyrotechnic) star

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    星 【ほし】

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    Examples

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      (そら)見上(みあ)げて(ほし)(なが)める。

      To look up at the sky and gaze at the stars.

      • N4

      今日(きょう)学校(がっこう)宿題(しゅくだい)(ほし)観察(かんさつ)です。

      Today's school homework is observing the stars.

      • N4

      今夜(こんや)(くも)りの予報(よほう)なので(ほし)()えないはずだ。

      Tonight is forecast to be cloudy, so there should be no stars in sight.

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      都会(とかい)では(まち)()かりのせいで(ひと)つも(ほし)()えないらしいです。

      I heard that in the city you can't see a single star because of the city lights.

      • N3

      ここでは(ふゆ)になると()(しず)むのが(はや)いのでその(ぶん)(はや)くから(ほし)()(こと)出来(でき)ます。

      The sun sets earlier in winter here, so you can see the stars sooner.

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